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27/10/2015
Child Seriously Injured By Firework
Police have appealed for witnesses after a child was seriously injured by a firework while attending a bonfire in Lewes on Saturday, 17 October.
The six-year-old girl was with her mother at the Nevill Bonfire celebrations off Nevill Road when she was hit on the head. She was treated at Kings College Hospital in London with a perforated ear drum and a fractured skull. Her mum also suffered bruises and burns after also being hit.
Neither of their injuries are life threatening.
Detective constable Matt Cherryman said: "We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the event or recorded the display during bonfire display please contact police on 101 or email101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 945 of 17/10."
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The six-year-old girl was with her mother at the Nevill Bonfire celebrations off Nevill Road when she was hit on the head. She was treated at Kings College Hospital in London with a perforated ear drum and a fractured skull. Her mum also suffered bruises and burns after also being hit.
Neither of their injuries are life threatening.
Detective constable Matt Cherryman said: "We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the event or recorded the display during bonfire display please contact police on 101 or email101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 945 of 17/10."
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