Seven travellers are hurt with one seriously injured in mass brawl at West Sussex caravan site
- A fight broke out at a traveller site in West Sussex with several suffering injuries
- At least one person was seriously hurt in the brawl, according to police
- Police are asking for anyone who has information about the fight to contact them
A mass brawl at a traveller site has resulted in a number of injuries – with one person being seriously hurt.
At least seven people were injured in the fight at the site near Chichester in West Sussex, police believe.
An air ambulance was called it after reports that a fight had broken out at 9.40am this morning.
Police were called to a traveller site near Chichester this morning following a mass brawl
Officers attended the scene with ambulance crews and said seven people suffered injuries
Sussex police said one person suffered a serious head injury and six more had minor injuries.
A spokesman said they were called to an altercation at Prior Leaze Lane, Hambrook, as officers attended along with ambulance crews.
An investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding this incident is underway, police added.
A police helicopter is spotted flying over the scene at the site in West Sussex on Thursday
Six people at the brawl suffered minor injuries with one person seriously hurt, police said
‘The group of people are believed to be known to one another and this is being treated as an isolated event,’ a spokesman for Sussex police said.
Anyone who witnessed what happened is asked to report it to Sussex Police on their website or call 101, quoting Operation Goldwell.