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The alleged brawl happened on Monday evening

A Jaguar Land Rover worker has allegedly been sacked and another suspended after an astonishing brawl left a man and woman needing hospital treatment.

It has been said the man has suffered injuries after being hit with a drill.

The incident, which allegedly happened at the Solihull factory, began when two men working for sub-contractors are said to have started fighting each other near the assembly line.

Sources claim two women and a man from another sub-contractor company tried to break the fight up, but they were then allegedly attacked when the brawl escalated.

The man allegedly suffered a head injury after being hit with a drill, while one of the women suffered an arm injury and the other was spat at.

At the height of the alleged disorder it is claimed a large number of workers had crowded into the assembly line area at the Lode Lane plant before security guards moved in.

A source told the Birmingham Mail that one worker was sacked and another suspended after the Monday brawl, which took place at 5.30pm.

Yet the two injured people were allegedly not sent to h ospital for another THREE HOURS, despite their injuries.

The source said: “The two workers were fighting each other when the man and women tried to step in.

“But the man suffered a head injury after apparently being hit with a drill bit. One woman suffered an arm injury and another was spat at. Threats were also made.

“I was told the two injured people had wanted to go to hospital after the incident but they were not sent for another three hours.”

It is understood the man received hospital treatment for concussion and the woman for an arm injury. They had not returned to work yesterday - but were allegedly told they could not claim it as a sick day.

“They have not even been given the names of the two men who were originally fighting, so they cannot make a complaint to police,” the source said.

“The injured workers were off work on Tuesday, yet they were apparently told they cannot have the day off sick, but as an ‘absence’.”

A spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover said: “We are aware of an incident earlier this week prompted by a small numbers of individuals on the Solihull site. We have a zero tolerance policy on aggressive and threatening behaviour and have taken swift action to launch an internal investigation.

“This investigation is still at an early stage so we are unable to share any further details at this time.”