Teenage boy in serious condition after 'one punch' incident in Boston

Lincolnshire Police are investigating a report of a 'one punch' incident in Boston, which has left a boy in his mid teens in a serious condition in hospital.

Officers were called out at 1.59pm yesterday afternoon (Sunday 30 September) to reports that a group of people, also believed to be in their mid to late teens, were at Wellington Play Park in Wellington Road, Boston, when there was a verbal altercation between two of the boys and one punched the other.

Emergency services from East Midlands Ambulance Service were immediately deployed and the victim was given treatment at the scene before being transported to hospital where he remains in a serious condition.

Lincolnshire Police have said:

"We know how concerning this incident will be parents and the local community in general. We are doing everything we can to understand what happened, and we have identified a number of people who we want to speak with.

"Speculation and misinformation about the incident could prove detrimental to our investigation as we speak with witnesses and hear first-hand accounts about what happened; it is very important that people are able to talk to us in factual terms, and not base any accounts on information they might hear.

"There will be an increased number of officers in the local area today, including several schools, as we carry out our enquiries, and a scene guard remains in place at the park while further evidence it gathered. "

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