NICE, Calif. – A man was lifeflighted to an out-of-county trauma center Monday night after he was reportedly assaulted with a baseball bat.

The incident was reported shortly before 6 p.m. at 3825 Manzanita Ave. in Nice.

The victim and his girlfriend were driving through the area when four subjects – a male and three females – allegedly yelled at them to leave because it was their “territory,” according to reports from the scene.

The man pulled over and confronted them, and was allegedly hit several times in the head with a metal baseball bat by the male in the group, the reports indicated.

The woman in the vehicle honked the horn and yelled at the suspects that she was calling police, and the group ran off, according to the radio reports.

Northshore Fire Deputy Chief Pat Brown said the man sustained serious head injuries.

Brown said Northshore Fire Protection District paramedics transported the man via ground ambulance to a landing zone at Sentry Market, where a REACH air ambulance picked him up.

The helicopter lifted off for Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital shortly before 6:30 p.m., radio reports stated.

Further information about the male victim was not available Monday night.

A man matching the physical description of the male suspect implicated in the beating was arrested in Nice for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, but jail officials would not confirm whether that arrest was for the assault involving the baseball bat.

 

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