The missing 12-year-old boy with a head injury has been located

The missing 12-year-old boy with a head injury has been located

Police have recently located a 12-year-old child who went missing after being sent to a hospital with a head injury.

Lancashire Police officers were’very worried’ about Joseph Steeley’s welfare after he was last seen at Royal Lancaster Infirmary on Wednesday night.

The Royal Infirmary in Lancaster, where Joseph was being treated for a head injury after 'taking off his bike'Joseph Steeley was last seen at Royal Lancaster Infirmary on Wednesday night

According to police, he was being treated after ‘falling off his bike.’

Officers had issued a public plea for information on the missing young man, who they claimed “needed to return to hospital.”

‘Police are highly concerned for the welfare of missing 12-year-old Joseph Steeley, who was last seen at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on the night of August 10th, 2022,’ a spokeswoman stated after he went missing.

‘Joseph is 5’2″ tall, slender, and was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt, black pants, and dark and orange Karrimor sneakers.

‘Joseph sustained a head injury after falling off his bike and must be sent to the hospital.’