<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have arrested a man over the death of another man allegedly killed in an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/violence" rel="" target="" title="assault"><span>assault</span></a><span> at a campground in northern </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men who were camping together with a woman are believed to have become involved in an argument at a campground off Point Lookout Road in Ebor, about 80 kilometres from Armidale.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The altercation between the two men escalated when one seriously assaulted the other, leaving him with serious head injuries.</span></div></div><div><div 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class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not known how the head injuries were caused, nor if a weapon was used.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman who was camping with the pair drove the injured man to Thora, calling friends who then alerted emergency services.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-campground-assault-man-dead/dc45109b-e40f-4421-bc33-c1a459640188" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, by the time they reached the car, the man had died.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's always a terrible thing that someone ends up dead from an altercation like this," Superintendent Chris McKinnon said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[He had] significant head injuries."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-israel-attacks-iran-thousands-of-flights-to-middle-east-cancelled-or-postponed/9cf4b34a-ae5c-4913-88a2-537101a61562" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Travel disruption continues as flights from Australia to Middle East scrapped</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were initially unable to find the other man involved, but at around 11.30am this morning they arrested a 26-year-old man on Waterfall Way in Ebor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is believed he had received a lift to Ebor, but it is not known who drove him there.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man is known to police, McKinnon confirmed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has been taken to Armidale Police Station, but charges have not been laid.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McKinnon confirmed police were currently speaking with the woman who witnessed the alleged assault.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></em></li><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" rel="" target="" 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