Stabbing: Three people hurt, one seriously, in ‘altercation’

Police are investigating a stabbing near Bundaberg that left one young man with serious injuries while two others were also hurt.

One man was rush to hospital with life-threatening injuries and two older people were taken with less severe injuries following an altercation at Sharon on Wednesday afternoon.

A young man was been stabbed at Sharon in the Bundaberg region on Wednesday evening.

Emergency services were called to Gin Gin Rd just after 4pm on Wednesday following reports of a physical altercation between three people, that had resulted in the man in his 20s being seriously hurt.

He was rushed to hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition with stab wounds to his arm and abdomen.

Two other people, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s, were treated at the scene for minor injuries, and taken to hospital in a stable condition.

The man aged in his 60s sustained injuries to his head, while the woman suffered leg injuries.

A Queensland Ambulance Services spokesperson said there had been reports the woman in her 50s was hit by a car in the lead-up to the altercation.

A spokeswoman from Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service said on Thursday “one patient has been discharged and the other two are in stable conditions”.

Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

More to come.