A stabbed teenager collapsed outside a Huddersfield polling station.
And vital first aid was given by three men who rushed to help the stricken youngster outside the station on Waverley Road at Highfields near Huddersfield town centre.
The polling station is in the driving test centre.
The stabbing is believed to have happened at Greenhead Park before the teen made his way to the polling station for help.
He collapsed in the street at around 5.15pm resulting in massive police activity in the area.
It’s understood up to five young men were involved in the attack who split up and fled in different directions afterwards.
At least two are thought to have ran down nearby Fitzwilliam Street.
Police have confirmed they have made at one arrest and the investigation is ongoing.
Company director Graeme Howard came across the scene shortly after it had happened.
“There were armed police on the scene,” he said. “After the stabbing gang members split up in different directions and two ran toward town. Police gave chase on foot.”
He said there was a paramedic fast response vehicle and an ambulance at the scene along with six police vehicles.
Witnesses ran to help the victim said he appeared to have been stabbed in the back.
Anieq Riaz, 24, was helping to renovate a nearby property when he saw a group of five teenagers walking down Waverley Road.
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Seconds later there was shouting that someone had been stabbed. Mr Riaz and friends ran across the road to help a young man of about 18 who was hurt."
He was on his feet, just standing in the middle of the road. He collapsed with a wound in his back.
"We applied some pressure onto his wound as there was a lot of blood. We just wanted to make sure the lad was okay. I have never seen something like that, it was unreal.
"He was losing consciousness. A doctor from the surgery came and he was checking his heart rate and telling us what to do."
Zoheb Khan, 23, said: "We kept talking to him as we didn't want him to shut his eyes."
Rosie Campbell, 29, who was driving past shortly after the incident, said: "I saw a lad aged about 16 to 18 who had his top off and a wound to his back."
She was frightened by what she saw. "I only live four doors on. I think it's disgusting and scary. We seem to be living in a world where this is the norm."
A police spokesman said the victim had suffered serious injuries but is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
The polling station reopened less than an hour after the stabbing.
The attack is not thought to be linked to the EU Referendum.
