The stabbings happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Main Street in Indian Orchard and on Chestnut Street.
SPRINGFIELD – Police are investigating two stabbing incidents from early Sunday morning that seriously injured two people.
One man, who was stabbed three times in the chest and arms, was dropped off at Mercy Medical Center at about 2:20 a.m. He was quickly transported to the neighboring Baystate Medical Center where surgery was performed, Springfield police Lt. John M. Bobianski said.
As of early Sunday the man, whose name and age was not available, was listed in critical condition, he said.
Reports of what happened were unavailable but the stabbing happened during a fight in the 150-170 block of Chestnut Street, he said.
Two other people were also stabbed in the fight. They were dropped at Baystate Medical Center for treatment. Their wounds were minor, Bobianski said.
Another man was stabbed in a separate fight at about 2:13 a.m. near Main and Myrtle Streets in the Indian Orchard section of the city.
He suffered a punctured lung and was brought to Baystate Medical Center by ambulance, Bobianski said.
On one else was injured in the second fight. No arrests have been made in the stabbings, he said.
The two stabbing incidents follow another that happened early Saturday on Euclid Avenue in Forest Park. That victim suffered non life-threatening wounds to his forearm and abdomen, police said.