A woman has been rushed to hospital after reports of a downtown stabbing.

London police responded to an incident at about 2 p.m. Tuesday near Wellington and Horton Streets.

Police said two men have been arrested in the area.

Alana Hickson was eating her lunch nearby around the time of the incident.

She told CBC News that two men, one who was accompanied by a woman, got into an altercation prior to the incident.

"They seemed to be arguing over something that had to do with the girl because she seemed to be a lot more upset than the male was," said Hickson.

"They got in a little bit of an altercation where the two males had gotten into a fight and the girl intervened and that's when her neck got sliced open with a knife."

London police remain on the scene.