AN ‘altercation’ involving up to 20 young people in Lyme Regis on New Year’s Day left three people injured.
Police investigating the incident, which happened the Marine Parade area at around 1.20am on January 1, are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
A Dorset Police spokesperson said the incident is believed to have involved “mainly teenagers”.
“It was reported that three people sustained injuries, including a man aged in his 50s who was taken to hospital and treated for fractured ribs and a punctured lung. He has since been discharged,” they added.
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PC George Harris, of West Dorset police, said: “We have been carrying out a number of enquiries into this incident as we seek to identify those involved and have already spoken to a number of people in connection with the matter.
“We understand there were a number of people in the area at the time of this disturbance and I am keen to speak to any witnesses who have not already contacted police.
“We would also like to hear from anyone who may have captured any footage of this incident on their mobile phones.”
Anyone with information about the altercation should contact Dorset Police via www.dorset.police.uk, or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55250000039. They can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling 0800 555 111.
I was there and it was more like 40 people involved, 5 or 6 groups of around 6 or 7 people fighting. spread out along the front, trouble started as the late music stopped playing at the royal standard and people left there and made there way along the front. Most of them were under the influence of drugs and pills, youngest aged around 13, majority were under 18 but also a number of older people caught up in the fights, one older man mugged and his phone stolen by a 15 YO girl, one man also cut by a knife, the under 18s were from Woodruf school. Very big drug problem in Lyme and gang culture developing.