Police were contacted at 7.42am Thursday 6 September 2018 to reports of a liquid substance having been thrown from a passing black car at an 11-year-old boy, as he walked along Plompton Drive in Harrogate.
Ambulance and police both attended the scene of the incident. It was not thought that the substance was corrosive and the boy was taken to Harrogate District Hospital as a precaution. He has since been discharged.
Police are currently carrying out enquiries in the area to determine the circumstances around the incident.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact police on 101, quote reference NYP-06092018-0052 and pass the information to the Force Control Room.
