Chilling video shows teenage e-bike riders speeding off after a baby was attacked in a prank gone wrong
Video uploaded to social media shows two males on an e-bike speeding down a road moments after a baby girl was sprayed with a fire extinguisher.
Mother Tiffani Teasdale said her five-month-old baby, Pixie, was in the car with her father on High Street in Sippy Downs, on Queensland 's Sunshine Coast, when they stopped at a traffic light about 7.45pm on Sunday.
As they waited, two e-bike-riding teenagers pulled up next to their car, stuck a fire extinguisher through its rear window and set it off before quickly riding away.
Pixie was rushed to hospital where she had to have 100ml of saline solution put in her eyes to clean off the chemical powder.
'It was the most horrible scream I've ever heard in my life,' Ms Teasdale told Nine News on Tuesday.
'I actually had to leave and one of the nurses had to come in and hold her down for me.'
'She was covered in red rashes. Her eyes were pretty bloodshot. She was a little bit wheezy.'
Pixie was discharged from hospital early Monday morning with her mother urged to continue monitoring her symptoms.
The fire extinguisher left a thick coat of chemical powder over the car's interior and destroyed Pixie's pram, toys and nappy bag.
Footage shared to social media, which appeared to be shot from the balcony of a unit, showed two figures speeding along a Sunshine Coast street on Sunday night.
One appears to be facing forward steering the e-bike while the second is letting off a thick trail of gas behind them, which appears to be from a fire extinguisher.
A local car detailing business, Grime Busters, has since offered to clean the damage for free.
'It's disgusting, to be honest. You never know who's going to be in a car,' Ms Teasdale said.
'It could have been someone with respiratory issues. It could have been a newborn baby. It could have been an elderly person.'
The mother gave a serious message to the two alleged offenders: 'Just grow up.'
'Take accountability for your actions. Hand yourself in. Stop terrorising the neighborhood,' she said.
Queensland Police said it is investigating the alleged assault.
Officers have made an appeal to people in the area between 7.30pm and 8.20pm whom may have relevant information, CCTV or dashcam vision to contact police.
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