Authorities in Metuchen are investigating a violent stabbing that sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police responded to the 500 block of Main Street on reports of a fight in progress shortly before midnight when they arrived to find a male victim suffering a serious stab injury.
EMS rushed the victim to Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center with a stab wound to the back of the head. The victim is reported to be in serious but stable condition.
Police took one person into custody a short time later.
The incident is being investigated by the Metuchen Police Department.