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A holidaymaker is critically ill with head injuries after being pushed off a sea wall on the Isle of Wight.A holidaymaker is critically ill with head injuries after being pushed off a sea wall on the Isle of Wight.
The woman, aged in her 60s, fell 12ft (3.6m) on to concrete when a man pushed her from a wall at Hope Beach, near Sandown, on Saturday. The woman, aged in her 60s, fell 12ft (3.6m) on to concrete steps when she was pushed from a wall at Hope Beach, near Sandown, on Saturday evening.
She was taken to St Mary's Hospital and transferred to Southampton General. The woman, from the Midlands, is believed to have been on holiday alone. She was taken to the island's St Mary's Hospital then transferred by helicopter to the neurological unit at Southampton General Hospital.
Hampshire police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them urgently. A boy aged 17, from Shanklin, Isle of Wight, has been arrested.
The attacker is described as in his teens or early 20s, about 5ft 8in to 6ft tall and with a large stocky build. Hampshire police have appealed for any witnesses who were on the beach between about 1700 BST and 1900 BST to contact them.
He had short cropped hair, was clean shaven and was wearing a dark top and light trousers. "This was an extremely serious incident which has left an innocent holidaymaker in a critical condition in hospital," said a Hampshire police spokesman.
The woman, who is from the Midlands, is believed to have been on holiday alone.