Woman dies in hospital after crash with man fleeing stabbing

Tasmanian woman dies in hospital after crash with man believed to be fleeing stabbingPosted Mon 27 Jul 2026 at 5:59amMon 27 Jul 2026 at 5:59am, updated Mon 27 Jul 2026 at 6:00amMon 27 Jul 2026 at 6:00amThe two vehicles collided in a fiery crash on the West Tamar Highway on Friday afternoon, ultimately resulting in two deaths. (Supplied: Bradley Moylon)In short:A 39-year-old woman has died in hospital after a head-on crash in northern Tasmania, in which a 42-year-old man was also killed.Police say the man had been driving erratically after stabbing his partner at a house in Exeter.What next?The man's partner, a woman in her 40s, remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.A woman has died in hospital after being involved in a head-on crash with a man believed to have been fleeing after stabbing his partner.The 39-year-old woman, from Winkleigh in Tasmania's north, was driving north on the West Tamar Highway at Legana on Friday afternoon when the collision occurred.The man, a 42-year-old from Western Australia, died at the scene, while the woman was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a critical condition.Tasmania Police released a statement on Sunday evening confirming the woman had died in hospital.Both of those killed in the crash were the sole occupants of their vehicle.Police say the man was also the perpetrator of a "serious wounding incident" at a house in Exeter shortly before the crash.In that incident, a woman in her 40s was stabbed multiple times by a man she had been in a relationship with for about six months.She was subsequently taken to Launceston General Hospital, where she remains in a serious but stable condition.The couple, from Perth in Western Australia, were visiting Tasmania and staying at a relative's house in Exeter after arriving in the state on Wednesday.Police said two of the woman's children were also at the house at the time of the stabbing, but that they were not direct witnesses.Shortly after the stabbing, police received a report that the vehicle the man had fled in had been driving erratically and involved in the collision on the West Tamar Highway."Our thoughts are with the loved ones of both women, and all those affected by these incidents," police said in a statement.Police are appealing for anyone with dash-cam footage of a blue Skoda travelling on the West Tamar Highway in the lead-up to the crash to reach out.