Stabbing near Nantucket ferry docks rattles wealthy island enclave as summer crowds arrive

A idiosyncratic was stabbed Tuesday greeting successful the bosom of downtown Nantucket, conscionable steps from the ferry docks that funnel thousands of summertime visitors onto the famously affluent Massachusetts island, authorities said.

Nantucket constabulary said officers responded astatine 10:23 a.m. to South Beach Street betwixt Broad Street and Oak Street for a reported stabbing. The country is by a engaged commercialized agelong adjacent the Steamship Authority ferry terminal, wherever tourists spill into the island’s cobblestoned downtown.

The injured idiosyncratic was treated astatine the country and rushed by the Nantucket Fire Department to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, constabulary said.

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The stabbing unfolded successful 1 of Nantucket’s astir heavy trafficked areas.

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Witnesses told the Nantucket Current that the stabbing followed a verbal and carnal altercation betwixt the operator of a Myles Reis garbage motortruck and the operator of a Sayles Seafood transportation motortruck that had parked successful the area.

After the stabbing, the injured idiosyncratic ran toward "The Strip," witnesses told the section outlet, wherever employees astatine Stubby’s and different adjacent businesses tried to halt the bleeding with napkins earlier archetypal responders arrived.

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A fewer passengers thrust the 11:55 precocious velocity ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket arsenic it leaves Hyannis Harbor successful Hyannis, MA connected March 18, 2020. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

A 2nd idiosyncratic progressive successful the incidental was detained astatine the scene, according to authorities.

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As of Tuesday evening, officials had not released the suspect’s identity, but an arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday greeting successful Nantucket District Court.

Police said the probe remained progressive and that nary further details would beryllium released.

A wide presumption of storefronts successful Nantucket, Massachusetts, connected Sept. 27, 2024.  (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)

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The alleged onslaught came arsenic Nantucket enters highest summertime season, erstwhile the usually quiescent land is transformed by waves of vacationers, day-trippers, seasonal workers and affluent homeowners.

Massachusetts State Police declined to supply further detail, referring Fox News Digital to the Nantucket Police Department.