A bizarre fight involving a baseball bat sent multiple people to the hospital in Fresno after an argument about a traffic accident reportedly spiraled out of control.<\/p>\n
The incident happened in the 2500 block of East Lewis Avenue, near Fresno Street\u00a0on Friday around 5:30 p.m., according to the Fresno Bee.<\/a><\/p>\n Police said a person used a bat to strike several people, and another person was hit with a sharp object.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The incident happened in the 2500 block of East Lewis Avenue, near Fresno Street\u00a0on Friday around 5:30 p.m., according to the Fresno Bee. yourcentralvalley.com<\/p>\n Police said a person used a bat to strike several people, and another person was hit with a sharp object. Getty Images<\/p>\n Officers arrived on scene and found seven people injured, including the three who needed to be hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The other four injured people remained on the scene.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear what started the argument or the exact circumstances of the fight.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s early in the investigation, but we believe it stemmed from an earlier traffic accident that occurred here at Lewis and Fresno,\u201d Lt. James Rossetti told<\/a> YourCentralValley.<\/p>\n Police were seen hanging around the scene and taped off the area with yellow tape. At least one vehicle was seen with damage to its front left. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s early in the investigation, but we believe it stemmed from an earlier traffic accident that occurred here at Lewis and Fresno,\u201d Lt. James Rossetti told<\/a> YourCentralValley. yourcentralvalley.com<\/p>\n The investigation is ongoing, police said. yourcentralvalley.com<\/p>\n The investigation is ongoing, police said.<\/p>\n The baseball bat fight happened near Fresno\u2019s Hammond neighborhood, north of the city\u2019s downtown district. Fresno is located in Central California and is the state\u2019s fifth-largest city.<\/p>\n The California Post reached out to the Fresno Police Department for comment.<\/p>\n An Orange County grandmother was nearly beaten to death earlier this month by a young man whom she had invited into her home after he brutally assaulted her with a metal baseball bat<\/a> as she slept.<\/p>\n She survived the attack but was left with injuries including \u201ca laceration to her forehead, cut eyebrow, swollen hands, and swollen orbital area to the point she was unable to clearly see.\u201d<\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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