A woman is in hospital after she was hit by a car and stabbed while with a child in Cumbria.
Police are investigating the incident that occurred at around 2.30pm on Saturday in the Woodend area in Egremont.
The incident involved a collision between a red Kia Rio and two pedestrians consisting of a woman in her forties and a boy of secondary school age.
The driver, a man in his twenties, left the car and assaulted the woman.
The woman suffered stab wounds to her arm, described as not life threatening, and was taken to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.
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The child suffered minor injuries, and was discharged from hospital.
Police were later called at 2:44pm to a report of a single vehicle collision on St Bees Road involving a red Kio Rio.
Officers attended and located a man in his late twenties in a woodland area.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cumbria Police say there are no suspicious circumstances at this time and there was no threat to the wider public at the time.
An investigation is underway and is being treated as an isolated incident.
