A JUNIOR footballer who broke his collar bone less than a mile from Doncaster Royal Infirmary had to wait in agony for an ambulance for nearly an hour.
Christopher Stone, aged 13, was hurt while playing for Rossington Juniors at Town End, close to DRI.
His father Clive called the emergency services and was told not to move Christ-opher, who was lying on a muddy field for 52 minutes.
Ambulance bosses told Christopher's father Clive they arrived within their target time for a non life-threatening call.
Clive, of Harwood Court, said: "I was incensed, to be honest. We literally couldn't move him. I rang and they initially said an ambulance would be on its way. I rang again 20 minutes later and they said they were busy.
"We knew the hospital was only a few minutes away and three ambulances went past the park with no blue lights or siren.
"Eventually they re-routed one from Rotherham. I'm not having a go at the crews - it was just the time it took when there was a child who was in a lot of pain. We could have run him there in a minute."
A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesman apologised for the distress. He said: "The call was categorised as Category C."
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