A Springfield detective suffered lacerations to his face when he tried to break up the fight between several women in the city's North End.
View full sizeAn EMT tends to a woman collapsed on the ground outside of 67 Sanderson St. in Springfield. A fight between several woman outside the apartment building led to as many as 6 arrests Monday night.SPRINGFIELD - One woman was taken to the hospital and as many as six others were taken to jail following a brawl just before 9 p.m. Monday outside a Springfield Housing Authority apartment building at 67 Sanderson St. in the city's Brightwood neighborhood.
Police were still sorting out the details on who was arrested and what the charges will be, said Sgt. Christopher Hitas.
"It was a fight between several women," Hitas said.
A Springfield police detective received when he got in the middle of the row and tried to break it up, Hitas said. The officer, whose name was not disclosed, was treated at the scene for what appeared to be scratches on his face and forehead, but he did not require a trip to the hospital.
The officer radioed for assistance and within minutes every available police car in the city was racing to the scene.
One witness told The Republican that the fight started between two woman and soon escalated within moments as several friends of each descended on the scene and joined in.
The injured woman, whose name was not available, was taken to Baystate Medical Center by ambulance. Her condition was not known, but she appeared to be conscious when she was loaded on the ambulance.
Hitas said initial reports from the scene indicate that the woman may not have been injured in the fight but collapsed due to medical reasons, possibly an anxiety attack.
When she was loaded on the ambulance, the woman appeared to have a bloody nose and marks on her face.
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More information will be posted as it become available.