SCOTTSVILLE — Law enforcement for as many as five agencies were on the streets of Albemarle County’s former county seat late Sunday night after reports of an altercation that sent two people to the hospital and led to the formation of a crowd roughly equivalent to 7 percent of Scottsville’s population.

At about 11 p.m. Sunday, a boat on the James River carrying two individuals toward the town’s boat landing in the 200 block of Ferry Street became entangled in the fishing lines of two other individuals, said Scottsville police Chief Robert H Layman.

This led to an altercation among the four in which to a 21-year-old man suffered stab wounds to his stomach and a 43-year-old man also suffered injuries.

The incident then spread into downtown Scottsville as one of the injured men sough assistance at the Exxon station at the intersection of Valley and Main streets, authorities said. By that time, “a large crowd with about 40 people” had formed, said Albemarle County police spokeswoman Carter Johnson in a news release.