Police arrested a 29‑year-old man in the early hours of Sunday morning after a woman was stabbed in the head.

According to the RCIPS, officers responded to a 911 call about a man who reportedly was overheard threatening to stab a woman following a single-car collision early on Sunday morning.

The 911 Communications Centre received the report shortly after 2:05am.

Officers located the vehicle which had left the roadway on Bodden Town Road, just east of Gun Square Road. According to police, the officers observed a man and woman standing by the vehicle, and that the woman had what appeared to be head wounds.

Emergency Medical Services attended the scene and determined that the woman had received stab wounds to the head.

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The man, from Bodden Town, was arrested on suspicion of assault GBH.

Officers also conducted a search of the vehicle and recovered a knife.

The man remained in police custody Monday afternoon.

The woman was transported for treatment via ambulance, and subsequently discharged.