A 16-year-old youth is in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked in Crawley just before midnight last night.
Worried residents in Teasel Close, Broadfield, called police after seeing people fighting in the street.
Officers found the injured youth lying on the pavement.
He was taken to Hurstwood Park neurological unit at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath.
A police spokesman said his injuries were not believed to be life threatening.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested.
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