Man sustains serious injuries following a fight in Broughton on Tuesday evening

A man suffered serious injuries after a fight in a Broughton Street on Tuesday evening.

North Wales Police said they were called shortly before 6.40pm last night following reports of a fight taking place in Broughton Hall Road, Broughton.

Residents say they saw three to four police cars and vans, ambulances and forensics officers descend on Broughton Hall Road following the fight.

A local man in his 30s was rushed to the Countess of Chester hospital with serious injuries following the fight.

Police arrested a local man nearby a short time later on suspicion of wounding, the man in his 30’s remains in Police custody.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said;

“We were called at approximately 6.50pm last night to an incident on Broughton Hall Road in Broughton.

We sent a paramedic in a rapid response car and a crew in an emergency ambulance to the scene, and a man with serious injuries was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital.”

North Wales Police say they would like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time and may have witnessed events to contact them via the new web live chat Click Here and quote RC 1616 6655 .