School officials are investigating an altercation between a coach and a player on the Newton South High School freshmen football team that allegedly occurred Thursday evening while the team was driving back from a game in Acton.

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Concord police stopped the team's school bus on Bypass Road, near the intersection with Brooks Road. Lincoln police and state police responded to the scene, WickedLocal reported.

Superintendent David Fleishman confirmed the district was investigating the alleged incident internally.

According to police scanner traffic, a player called police around 6:30 p.m. to report that a coach had assaulted him.

Lincoln and Concord authorities referred questions to the state police. A spokesperson for the agency said the "reported assault" was under investigation and that no further details could be provided at this time.

"We take any incident really seriously and I think conducting a thorough investigation is what we do and it's important in this case that we do that," Fleishman said.