An altercation in Fort Smith on Saturday resulted in one person being transported to a hospital, according to a report from the Fort Smith Police Department.

Fort Smith police officer James G. Hulsey and another officer responded about 2:44 a.m. to a disturbance between some men with some type of weapon across the street from a residence in the 900 block of North 14th Street. When officers arrived they were alerted by a woman in the 1400 block of North J Street that two men had tried to break into the apartment, and broke the pane out of the window to the right of the door.

Hulsey reported while speaking to one of the woman, she took him to the back bedroom, where he talked to a man who was bleeding from the face and stomach. He had obvious burn rashes on his shoulders, back and stomach. He also had a cut on his left shin under his knee, and a slice on the left lower back, exposing some internal body parts. Hulsey summoned EMS for treatment of the man's injuries. The woman showed Hulsey some road rash burns on her stomach and lower back.

The woman reported she was asleep when she was awakened by the injured man, who is her boyfriend, arguing with two men. She said one of the men was friends with her boyfriend, and was at the residence earlier talking about going to get some money from someone who owes him money. The boyfriend reported he owed one of the assailants some money, and was asked to go help him collect money from another man for partial payment of what he owes to him. The woman said when this man arrived earlier to pick up her boyfriend, he had a second man with him.

The woman reported the men left and returned, but was not sure how long they had been at the residence before they began to fight. She came to the door, and saw her boyfriend outside with a large butcher knife. He was telling the two other men he did not want to fight, and they should leave. The woman saw one of the men grab a bottle, break it on the ground, and hold the mouth piece like a weapon.

The woman was able to go out, take the knife from her boyfriend and toss it to the front yard, the report states. The two other men then suddenly jumped her boyfriend and beat him up. After several minutes, the woman grabbed the knife and fended off one of the men a few times so her boyfriend could get up and go inside. She did not see one of the men cut her boyfriend, but she could see him bleeding on his back and leg. The woman got her boyfriend inside as they were all yelling and cursing at each other.

Afterward, one of the men began yelling for the injured man to come outside. The injured man and the woman both reported they came back outside because the two other men disrespected the woman's mother's house. When they did so, the two men were in a car attempting to leave. The boyfriend reported the car doors were open, and he went to the driver's side while the woman went to the passenger side. The woman said the man driving the car sped backwards, dragging her and her boyfriend from the parking lot to the street. She refused medical attention for the road rash burns she sustained.

The boyfriend said he was knocked down and dragged under the car. He felt like the front tire drove over his side. The man was transported by Fort Smith EMS to Baptist Health for treatment.