UPDATE: Man still in hospital after alleged stabbing
UPDATE TUESDAY NOON:
A 58-year-old man is still in Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition.
UPDATE, 12.50pm:
A man has been charged following an alleged stabbing in Slade Point early this morning.
It will be alleged that just after 2am, two men were involved in a physical altercation in Slade Point Road in which one of the pair sustained stab wounds to his lower chest and abdomen.
Moments earlier, a 53-year-old man had allegedly repeatedly rammed a car he was driving into the passenger door of a 58-year-old man's car.
The 58-year-old was transported to Mackay Base Hospital for treatment where he has undergone surgery and remains in a serious but stable condition.
A 53-year-old Slade Point man has been charged with grievous bodily harm and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He is due to appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court tomorrow.
_t1880.jpg "The crime scene was established in a lot between two houses on Slade Point Rd in Slade Point. Photo Lucy Smith / Daily Mercury")
INITIAL:
A 58-year-old man has allegedly been stabbed at Slade Point this morning.
Police arrived to find the man with injuries to his shoulder and abdomen about 2am at a residence on Slade Point Rd.
The man has been transported to Mackay Base Hospital for treatment.
A 53-year-old man is helping police with their investigation.
Police have established a crime scene.
