Trio wielding bats and machetes attack delivery driver
A delivery driver was attacked while he was sitting in his car on Common Road, Wombourne
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A delivery driver was left in hospital after he was attacked by three men wielding bats and machetes.
Police said the driver, a man in his 40s, was hurt in Wombourne, Staffordshire, at 18:15 GMT on Saturday.
He was sitting in his silver Vauxhall Vectra on Common Road when he was blocked in by three men in a dark-coloured Mitsubishi Shogun.
The trio began hitting the Vauxhall with their weapons before striking the driver.
He was taken to hospital. There he continues to be treated for injuries that according to police are not life-threatening or life-changing.
PC Simon Thomas, from the south Staffordshire local policing team, described it as a “particularly vicious” attack.
He said officers were carrying out inquiries and urged anyone with information to contact Staffordshire Police.
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