Skateboarder breaks arm escaping egg hurlers
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
A young Manchester skateboarder broke his arm as he escaped supermarket staff throwing eggs at him.

Josh Morris claims the shopworkers carried on pelting him even as he lay on the ground in agony from an open fracture.

The 14-year-old fell off his board at Safeway in Chorlton, Manchester, when workers chased him off. Two workers have since been suspended.

Josh, who later underwent two hours of emergency surgery and had metal plates inserted, admits throwing plastic bottles back as the shopworkers hurled eggs and rubbish at him.

He says a bone was protruding through his flesh. ''I was lying on the ground screaming for an ambulance to be called but two of them threw eggs at me when I was lying there.''

A Safeway spokesman told the Manchester Evening News: ''Because it is under investigation I am not in a position to comment on this specific incident. We do try to discourage skateboarding in car parks both for the safety of our customers and the skaters.''

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