A MUM was hit in the face in front of her children because she stopped in someone's drive.
Frances Gorman was driving to a holiday park when she got lost and pulled over off a busy road.
She reversed up a driveway and stopped to ring a friend to give her directions when the attack happened.
The owner of the house appeared at the side of her car and began hammering on her window. When she wound it down, Mrs Gorman claims he threw a punch and tried to grab her phone.
The frightening ordeal happened as Mrs Gorman's eight-year-old daughter Florence and nine-year-old son Jacob looked on from the back seats.
Police have confirmed they are investigating the incident which happened around lunchtime on Wednesday on the drive of a home in Main Road, Marchwood.
A 63-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault but has since been released on bail until September, pending further inquiries.
Hampshire police confirmed they had received a call from Mrs Gorman at around midday. Officers were deployed and the man was arrested at his house.
Mrs Gorman has been photographed by police but she has not suffered any physical injury.
The mum of two from Hursley, near Winchester, had been on her way to Sandy Balls holiday park at Godshill in the New Forest and had got lost, when the incident happened. She had planned to visit friends and stay the night at the site.
Speaking to the Daily Echo she said: "I was in a daze really after he hit me, it was such a shock. My daughter was screaming, crying and shaking and so was I.
"There is absolutely no need for anyone to behave like that, we were petrified.
"I used to be quite a trusting person and I thought nothing of winding downmy window but now if someone started to bang on my window I think I would be scared and just drive off."
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