SA: Man goes beserk in Snowtown; four injured
02 Apr 2009 3:32 AM
ADELAIDE, April 2 AAP - Police in South Australia say they've charged a man with attempted murder after he allegedly went on a rampage, randomly stabbing two women and running two men down in his four-wheel drive.
News Limited newspapers report the man was a transient who'd been staying in a caravan park at Snowtown with his dog after arriving in town a few weeks ago.
Police say the 42-year-old allegedly ran down a truck driver who was standing next to his vehicle at about 1.15pm (CDT) before ramming the rear of another vehicle which had two women sitting in it.
When they got out to investigate, the man allegedly stabbed both of them in the neck with a knife before getting back into his Toyota Hilux and running over a pedestrian who was pushing another man in a wheelchair.
He was subdued by three police officers.
The papers report a man in his 40s has been airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with pelvic injuries and internal bleeding, together with an 81-year-old woman with severe lacerations to the neck.
Locals have told News Limited the man was a loner who kept to himself.
