<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>327577</docID> <postdate>2024-08-25 12:53:44</postdate> <headline>Three stab victims after car crash in southern Sydney</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-327578" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240825192319648490-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>Two people and a police officer have been stabbed at the scene of a Sydney car crash. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Luke Costin</strong> in Sydney</span></p> <p><strong>A police officer and two people have been stabbed at the scene of a two-car crash on a major southern Sydney highway.</strong></p> <p>The vehicles collided about 9am in Engadine on Sunday, with police rushing to the scene to discover an injured man sprinting away.</p> <p>"Officers attached to Sutherland Shire Police Area Command arrived to find a man - who appeared to be suffering stab wounds - allegedly running from the crash scene," the force said in a statement.</p> <p>"He was taken into custody with the deployment of a Taser."</p> <p>A male officer suffered a serious laceration to his left wrist, seemingly during the arrest.</p> <p>Meanwhile, a woman who police understand was a passenger of one of the crashed cars, was found with multiple stab wounds.</p> <p>A fourth person was also found injured, though their link to the incident was unclear.</p> <p>All four were being treated by paramedics.</p> <p>A five-kilometre stretch of the Princes Highway was closed in both directions.</p> <p>Chairman of Cronulla Sharks NRL club Steve Mace told News Corp's Daily Telegraph he encountered the armed man face-to-face after stopping at the crash site while on his way to his young son's junior football game.</p> <p>Mr Mace said the woman suffered wounds to her neck, chest and stomach.</p> <p>"The police tasered him," he said of the alleged attacker.</p> <p>"Somehow he raced up the hill … that's when I found out a police officer was stabbed … there was a lot of blood everywhere."</p> </body>