After recent incidents, Bountiful residents say they are tired of water balloons being thrown at them

BOUNTIFUL, Utah — Bountiful residents say they’re tired of people throwing water balloons and other items at them and their cars.

Assistant Chief Dave Edwards with the Bountiful Police Department says it’s most often kids on summer break trying to have fun.

“They don’t realize it’s not that fun when your windshield just got broken and it cost you $1,000,” he says. “Or when you’re hit in the face with a water balloon at 30 mph.”

Dennis Ferry is an Uber driver. He tells KSL TV he was on the job last night when he heard a loud thud against the side of his car.

“Right here is where the dent is,” he says.

Whatever hit his car left a visible line.

Edwards wants parents to step in to avoid a dangerous situation.

“Before we have anybody get hurt (or) before we have anything like this that escalates into a road rage type incident,” he says.

Along with this, Edwards says there is a time and place for things such as water balloons and the roads in Bountiful are not it.

“A paintball, an airsoft or a water balloon … it’s just not appropriate,” he says. “It makes people angry, and it makes people afraid.”

Devin Oldroyd contributed to this story.

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