The Ector County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Friday morning after he reportedly stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in the neck as they were driving, leaving her in critical condition.

Aaron Pando, 35, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, family violence.

A sheriff’s office news release stated a female victim told officers she and Pando were arguing while traveling in an SUV at 2:30 a.m. west of Odessa, when Pando stabbed her multiple times in the neck, sending the vehicle to run over a stop sign and wreck into a fence in the 6400 block of West 19th Street.

The release states Pando fled the scene on foot after the crash.

Deputies’ search for Pando continued through the early morning hours until he was found at a residence and arrested at about 8:45 a.m. Friday morning, the release detailed.

The woman was taken to Medical Center Hospital and treated for four stab wounds to the neck and one stab wound in the abdomen along with multiple cuts on her hands, the release said. She was in critical condition as of Friday morning.

No bond had been set for Pando as of Friday afternoon.