A punch thrown in a popular bar area in Stroudsburg left the victim critically injured and the suspect facing a felony assault charge, according to investigators.

Stroud Area Regional police responded to the incident about 2:20 a.m. Oct. 4 in the borough’s 600 block of Main Street after an officer on patrol heard yelling.

Police said they found the victim, a 29-year-old man, on the ground, partially held up by two friends.

He was taken by ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in East Stroudsburg and diagnosed with a severe brain injury, then flown by medical helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem due to his critical condition, police said.

Investigators spoke with witnesses, including one who described that the victim was engaged in an argument when someone

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