Schoolgirl hospitalised after rival schools brawl

A schoolgirl was hospitalised after a second day of brawling between girls from rival Wanganui schools yesterday.

Police were called break up the fight between students from Wanganui City College and Wanganui High School in St Hill Street yesterday afternoon.

One witness said it was the second day in a row students had fought on the street.

St John Ambulance confirmed a teenage girl had been taken to hospital for observation, but no information was available on her injuries and condition.

Wanganui High School principal Warwick Maguire said it was "highly unsatisfactory" behaviour, and the schools would meet to discuss the situation before a thorough investigation.

City College deputy principal Doug Ewing declined to comment on the incident yesterday.

Wanganui district councillor Ray Stevens said he passed the brawling teens on his way to a council meeting across the road yesterday.

"I wondered what on earth was going on when I saw the police cars and the ambulance pulled in on the side of the road," he told the Wanganui Chronicle newspaper.

"Then I saw a young kid lying on the ground and ambulance officers bending over her and it didn't look too good at all."

Wanganui police would not comment on the incident, saying they were still dealing with it.

- NZPA