FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a weekend stabbing death in Fall River.

Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn in a statement Sunday said police responded to the area of Church and Hall streets at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday for a motor vehicle accident.

When officers arrived, they found 39-year-old Joseph Reading, of Fall River, in the driver’s seat of the vehicle bleeding and unresponsive.

He was taken to St. Anne’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police discovered he had earlier attended a gathering where he was involved in an altercation and injured.

No arrests have been announced.

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