Girl, 13, rushed to hospital after being assaulted near supermarket

Emergency services were called to Balmore Road, in Possilpark, at around 6.45pm on Tuesday.

Schoolgirl, 13, rushed to hospital after being assaulted near Lidl in Possilpark, Glasgow © Google Maps 2024

A teenage girl was rushed to hospital after being assaulted near a supermarket in Glasgow.

Emergency services were called to Balmore Road, in Possilpark, at around 6.45pm on Tuesday after receiving reports of a 13-year-old girl being assaulted near a Lidl supermarket.

She was subsequently taken to hospital as a precaution.

Enquiries into the incident remain ongoing at this time.

A spokesperson for the force said: “Around 6.45pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 officers were called to reports of an assault at Balmore Road, Glasgow.

“Emergency services attended and a 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital as a precaution.

“Enquiries are ongoing.”

A spokesperson for SAS said: “We received a call at 6.41pm on Tuesday to attend an incident on Balmore Road in Glasgow.

“We dispatched one ambulance and a critical care paramedic to the scene. We transported one female teenage patient to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.”

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