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<\/p>\nTwo women remain in hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing and a car crash in northern Tasmania yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to a home in Exeter, north of Launceston, about 4:30pm, after reports a woman had sustained “serious stab wounds”.<\/p>\n
“The woman involved in the stabbing incident managed to make a phone call to Triple-0, she was then immediately assisted by a family member,” Tasmania Police Detective Inspector Stuart Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
Inspector Greenwood said when police arrived they provided initial medical assistance to the woman in her 40s, who was then taken to the Launceston General Hospital’s intensive care unit.<\/p>\n
She remains in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n
Family and domestic violence support services:<\/p>\n
If you need help immediately, call emergency services on Triple Zero.<\/p>\n
Inspector Greenwood said investigations indicated the injuries were inflicted by a man, 42, whom the woman had been in a relationship with for about six months.<\/p>\n
He said the couple, from Perth in Western Australia, were visiting Tasmania and staying with relatives in Exeter.<\/p>\n
“From the scene it was determined that that male had left the address in a blue Skoda and headed south on the West Tamar Highway.<\/p>\n
“Very shortly after this, police received a report that the vehicle had been driving erratically and had been involved in a serious collision at the intersection of Atkinsons Road and the West Tamar Highway at Legana.”<\/p>\n
The crash was called in just before 4:40pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A man was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Inspector Greenwood said the man, driving south, collided with a woman, 39, who was travelling north.<\/p>\n
“That female driver has been transferred to the Royal Hobart Hospital and remains in a critical condition,” Inspector Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
“That particular section of highway is a 100-kilometre an hour zone. It is a busy arterial route.<\/p>\n
“I can tell you from attending the scene and from the attendance of officers in the first instance, it was confronting, it was traumatic and it was chaotic.<\/p>\n
“It was a very distressing scene for all emergency services and members of the public who happened to witness it.”<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to a house in Exeter where a woman had received serious stab wounds. (ABC News: Hayden Smith)<\/p>\n
Officers remained at the scene of the crash until late into the night.<\/p>\n
Inspector Greenwood said investigations were continuing.<\/p>\n
“I would like to pass on our thoughts to the women involved, their families, and everybody else who’s witnessed this horrific incident,” he said.<\/p>\n