Woman remains in serious condition after stabbing, car crash in Engadine

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A man is in custody over a car crash and stabbing attack that left six people injured in Sydney's south. Police allege one of the victims was his partner.

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00:00In what's being treated as a domestic violence related incident, a man was travelling along

00:06Prince's Highway with his partner in the passenger seat.

00:10It's been reported that he started stabbing her with a box cutter knife.

00:13The car was driving erratically prior to crashing into another vehicle at the intersection that

00:18you can see behind me.

00:19Bystanders attempted to attend the scene but were faced with a dangerous situation when

00:24the man exited the vehicle with the box cutter knife.

00:28One man attempting to help the woman in the passenger seat was stabbed in the abdomen.

00:32Both the woman and that man are in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

00:36The man in the driver's seat fled the scene on foot, police pursuing him and eventually

00:41tasering him.

00:42He was arrested and a police officer received a laceration to the arm during the arrest.

00:48That man is in police custody in hospital in a serious but stable condition and charges

00:52are yet to be laid.

00:54Premier Chris Mins spoke about the incident a short while ago, commending the bravery

00:59of the citizens who attended the scene and also calling for more resources for domestic

01:03violence responses.

01:04The number of domestic violence complaints a year are massive.

01:08They're tens of thousands a year and growing.

01:11We can't get it down to zero but we can do far better than we currently are performing.

01:16Victoria has got a lower rate of domestic violence per head of population than New South

01:20Wales and that's what we should be aiming for.

01:22Police are continuing to investigate the incident and are calling on anyone with information

01:26to come forward.

01:27They've also commended the bravery of those at the scene.

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