Police were called to deal with a pair of brawling parents in front of children outside a Perthshire primary school.
Officers responded to reports of an assault following an altercation between two men at Crieff Primary School on Tuesday shortly after the school day ended.
Shocked witnesses described the adults fighting in the car park of the school as children were being picked up by their parents.
One mum said on social media: “I’m not sure what started it all but one car was parked with a younger guy and his kids in it and a bigger car pulled up and stopped quick.
“The driver got out, stormed round, and that’s when it started. The kids were trying to get out of the bigger car to go help.
“Proper shouting and from what I could see, as the car was in the way, there was physical contact between the guys.”
Other parents lambasted the pair while some blamed bad driving for the altercation.
One parent said: “Shocking behaviour at a school, thank goodness my kids got on the school bus home and didn’t witness it.
“There is a time in place for that carry on and the school isn’t one of them.”
Another mum said: “It’s over the guy who owns the small car and his dangerous driving in the school car park and cutting people off on the small roads.
“If a child who walks to school was running late he could have hit them with his ridiculous driving. I witnessed it all yesterday morning.”
In October last year a nine-year-old boy was hospitalised after being struck by a car yards from the primary school.
The collision happened on Wednesday October 2 on Brioch Road at 3.30pm and witnesses described a man administrating first aid to the youngster before paramedics arrived and rushed the child to Ninewells Hospital.
Following Tuesday’s incident a spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Around 4.30pm on Tuesday January 28, police received report of an assault outside Crieff Primary School.
“Enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”
A council spokesperson said: “We are aware of an incident that occurred outwith school hours yesterday, which was reported to Police Scotland by a member of the public.”
