CCTV footage revealed the instant a driver’s bid to escape the site of an alleged stabbing was halted after crashing into a tree and being encircled by police.

At approximately 1 pm today, emergency services arrived at Billing Street in Elizabeth Park, northern Adelaide, to discover a 36-year-old man from Elizabeth Grove suffering from stab injuries.

He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Billing Street was closed to all traffic as investigations continued.

Police located and seized a knife and believe an assault occurred inside a home before the driver tried to flee.

“People yelling and screaming and fighting around the corner here, you could hear it from out the front,” Keil said.

Police said the “violent altercation” was “not random” and both men knew each other. There is no ongoing threat to the public.

“It would have been most confronting, dealing with that kind of disturbance, and the injury to the victim was quite severe,” Thomas said.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, has dashcam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.