SA Police manhunt nabs two men, following alleged serious assault at Murray Bridge

Two men have been arrested following an alleged serious assault at Murray Bridge last week, which left a man fighting for his life in hospital.

Eye witness Lisa Giddings, described seeing four men assaulting the victim. Picture: Dean Martin

Two men have been arrested for an alleged serious assault on a Murray Bridge man, which saw the victim hit in the back of the head and dumped in a trolley on a suburban street.

On Tuesday last week, police and emergency services were called to Neumann Ave, Murray Bridge, just before 12 noon, to find a 34-year-old local man with a significant injury to the back of his head.

The man was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Following an investigation, police arrested an 18-year-old man and a 33-year-old man, both from Murray Bridge on Friday last week.

Both men were charged with assault that causes harm.

Police examine a shopping trolley as a 34-year-old man is clinging to life after a brutal assault at Murray Bridge. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

They were refused police bail and appeared in Murray Bridge Magistrates Court over the weekend, and both have been remanded in custody.

A neighbour who witnessed the brutal attack has revealed she saw four men standing over an injured man yelling “don’t come back”, before the victim was picked up and rolled away in a shopping trolley.

It is alleged the victim was viciously hit on the back of his head – causing him to lose consciousness – before he was placed in the trolley and transported up to 70m away from the scene.

The attack itself occurred just before 12pm on Tuesday on Cawte St before the victim was conveyed along Gail Crescent and dumped on Neumann Ave.

The attack itself occurred just before 12pm on Tuesday on Cawte St. Picture: Dean Martin

A witness said they heard the “shouting and yelling” before the attack, which prompted them to peep over their backyard fence.

“When I looked over the fence, I saw a guy lying on the ground and he was face up,” they told The Advertiser. “There was blood everywhere … on his face and just pooling around him.

“And I saw four men, they were standing around the man on the floor, and they were yelling.

“They were yelling ‘don’t ever comeback’ and swear words and some more swear words.

“Then one man put the (victim) in a trolley and started pushing him up the street.”

The witness said they were left feeling shaken by the events and returned to hide in their home.

Police said the victim was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Murray Mallee Detectives and forensic officers are investigating the incident.

Police said they do not believe the incident to be a random attack, and have asked anyone who witnessed it or may have information to assist the investigation is asked to contact Crimestoppers.

Another neighbour, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, claimed she often hears the four men who are believed to be involved in this incident causing a disturbance in the area.

“The men start yelling almost every night,” she said. “We don’t know what happens there or what they do but they’re just really loud.”

Neumann Ave, Murray Bridge. Dean Martin

The incident happened just around the corner from where three victims of the Snowtown murders, Troy Youde, Gavin Porter and Frederick Brooks, were killed in a Burdekin Ave home in 1998.