Two men involved in battery incident on State Street, one sent to hospital

Two men from Evansville, Wis. were victims of battery early Sunday morning as they walked along State Street near Gilman Street, the Madison Police Department reported.

According to the police report, the two men, ages 21 and 22, were walking down State Street with a friend around 3 a.m. when they encountered a group of three men and two women.

A man from the group spat on one of the men from Evansville.

When the victim asked for an apology, the two Evansville-natives were punched in the head instead, rendering one of them unconscious. Another member of the group of five then kicked him, according to the report.

The victim was transported to a hospital and treated for a cut on the head.