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Baby ‘Mistakenly’ Hit with Hammer During Argument

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Jeff Bohen
Corners of Buckley & Race Sts. Approximate location of where incident took place Tuesday night. Credit: Jeff Bohen/LevittownNow.com
Corners of Buckley & Race Sts. Approximate scene of where incident took place Tuesday night.
Credit: Jeff Bohen/LevittownNow.com

A baby was mistakenly hit with a hammer Tuesday night in Bristol Borough as two adults were arguing Tuesday night, a police source confirmed for LevittownNow.com.

According to one resident who asked not to be identified,  a man and a woman were arguing around 9:30 p.m. near the cross streets of Buckley and Race when one of the adults “mistakenly” hit the child in the right eye with the hammer as he was walking by.

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The child was taken to Lower Bucks Hospital according to multiple sources, then transferred to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the community source said

The Bristol Borough police department was not available for comment at press time.

According to the online court system, no arrest was made with regards to the incident.

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Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen is a former member of LevittownNow.com’s staff. Jeff was born and raised on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. He is an avid New York sports fan who studied and worked in the Mental Health system of four different states. Jeff came to journalism late in life initially desiring to be a sports broadcaster. Mentors at Temple University Dept of Journalism pointed Jeff towards broadcasting and covering news which he’s been doing since 2009. Jeff loves heavy metal, signs and is the best air guitarist he knows. Jeff spends his free time stalking out stories throughout the nooks and crannies of Lower Bucks.