Members of the public had to come to the aid of two female paramedics who were set upon in an alleged assault in Mornington on Saturday morning.

A veteran paramedic was hospitalised after she was allegedly kicked in the stomach by a 58-year-old Seaford man during the random attack about 11.30am, which also left her colleague – only a few months into the job – shaken.

The paramedics were walking along Main Street in Mornington when they tried to de-escalate a dispute between the 58-year-old and another person. This prompted him to cross the road and allegedly attack the pair, kicking the senior paramedic in stomach. She was being assessed in hospital on Saturday.

Members of the public who witnessed the alleged assault came to the aid of the emergency services workers. The alleged offende

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