00:02At 1.40 this morning, police received a report of an assault at Little Sticks Campground at Ebor, about 80
00:08kilometres east of Armidale.
00:10Police were told that two men had a verbal altercation before one seriously assaulted the other.
00:15A 33-year-old man suffered significant head injuries before he was driven to Thora, about 25 kilometres north-west
00:21of Bellingen.
00:23New South Wales ambulance paramedics attempted to treat the man, but he died at the scene.
00:27Police arrested a 26-year-old man at Ebor at about 11.30 today.
00:32Officers now wish to speak to a woman who is believed to have driven the victim to Thora.
00:36It's our understanding that the incident occurred sometime after about 10.30, 10.30, 11 o'clock,
00:42and then she would have driven from that location near Ebor to Thora and then contacted friends of hers, I
00:50believe, and then they made contact with police.
00:52This incident has impacted the small communities of Thora and Ebor, with one resident telling the ABC about the sober
00:58scenes in the towns as police investigations continue.
01:02New England detectives, with the assistance of the State Crime Command's homicide squad, have established a crime scene at the
01:08site.
01:08Officers say they are now looking for a weapon that may have been used in the incident.
01:13New England detectives, with the
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