AN angry father wants to know why his son was forced to lie in agony for 90 minutes waiting for an ambulance after suffering a horrifying injury.

Goalkeeper Matt Jones, 15, was left in excruciating pain with a double leg break when he collided with another player during a Sunday morning football match.

His dad Kevin is furious that “bean counters” have made decisions that resulted in his son being left without care for 90 minutes.

Bosses at South Central Ambulance Service are investigating why it took an hour and a half for an ambulance to reach the stricken youngster.

Matt suffered a broken tibia and fibula after he and an opposing striker crashed into each other in the game between Baddesley Park and Oaklands Rangers.

Horrified onlookers rushed to help and called medics to the pitch at Hunts Farm Recreation Ground, near Romsey.

Despite South Central Ambulance Service being called three times, it took an hour and a half to arrive.

Kevin said: “His leg was at 45 degrees to his foot and it was clearly a double break, and we had three firstaiders treating him for shock.

“He was white as a ghost in agony but we propped him up on a football with thermal wraps around him.

“We made three calls to explain the situation and not at any point would they tell us the expected arrival time of the ambulance.”

Mr Jones told the Daily Echo that after eventually being taken to hospital, Matt then had to wait until the following day before his leg was operated on.

He praised the work of ambulance staff and paramedics at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester but said he wondered whether Matt could have been operated on that day, rather than waiting a total of nearly 30 hours after the injury.

Mr Jones, of Monterey Drive, Locks Heath, said he would like an explanation as to why his son was left for so long.

He said: “My real issue is that somewhere there’s a faceless bean counter that makes these decisions – it’s not the ambulance crew.

“The outcome of these decisions leaves a boy in agony for an hour and a half.”

A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We are now reviewing the call and are therefore not able to comment further until the review has been completed.

“We take our response to our patients very seriously and we would like to take the opportunity to wish the patient a speedy recovery.

“We would encourage the patient’s family to make contact with our patient experience team who will be able to assist them in addressing their questions further.”