NSW: Man charged over skateboard bashing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2008
NSW: Man charged over skateboard bashing

SYDNEY, Aug 29 AAP - A young man has been charged with causing critical head injuries
to a man bashed with a skateboard in a northwest Sydney park, police say.

The injury was so serious that a police officer had to drive the ambulance to the Royal
North Shore Hospital to enable both paramedics to treat the man.

The 25-year-old from North Ryde was attacked near Macquarie University, on Culloden
Road at Marsfield, at about 3am (AEST) today.

"The person has allegedly been hit and ... he has fallen backwards," a NSW Ambulance
Service spokesman told AAP today.

Paramedics arrived to find him unconscious with what appeared to be a closed head injury.

"He needed urgent transport to hospital ... without waiting for any back-up ambulances,"

the ambulance spokesman said.

"There was a request for a police officer to drive the vehicle to (Royal) North Shore."

A 20-year-old Marsfield man presented himself to police earlier today in relation to
the incident.

He has been charged him with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and is expected
to appear in Ryde Local Court later today.

"Detectives will allege there was an altercation, fuelled by alcohol, following a student
function," a police statement read.

The victim remains in a critical condition in Royal North Shore hospital with head injuries.

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