Mount Vernon – Police said a 53-year-old woman was seriously injured when her estranged husband allegedly attacked her with a machete north of Seattle.
The Skagit Valley Herald reported the incident happened in Mount Vernon Sunday night.
The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to a Seattle hospital for treatment. Authorities said another person was also injured in the attack.
The sheriff’s office said the woman’s 51-year-old husband fled the scene but was apprehended within an hour.
The sheriff’s office said the woman had recently sought a protection order against him. He is being held in jail on investigation of attempted murder.
