Man, 20, dies in Royal Hobart hospital from stabbing injuries

A BRIDGEWATER man stabbed in Pontville on Sunday has died in hospital.

The Royal Hobart Hospital in Liverpool St. Picture: MATT FARRELL

A BRIDGEWATER man stabbed in Pontville has died in hospital.

Zachary Hyde, 20, was stabbed in the leg in an alter­cation in Ford Road soon ­after midnight on Sunday.

Police said the knife punctured the man’s femoral artery, causing significant blood loss.

Mr Hyde had been in a critical condition in the Royal Hobart Hospital since Sunday but died on Tuesday afternoon.

Tasmania Police are considering whether to upgrade charges against Dee-Jay Feil, 19, of Bridgewater, whom they alleged stabbed him with a kitchen knife.

Glenorchy CIB detectives will talk to the office of the ­Director of Public Prosecutions before making a decision.

Mr Feil has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and was remanded after appearing in Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday.

He did not enter a plea.

The two men were part of a group drinking at the Crown Inn in the lead-up to the stabbing, which happened several hundred metres down the road from the pub.