Seven News reporter Paul Dowsley has given a harrowing eyewitness account of the confronting machete assault which occurred in St Kilda last night.

The victim is currently in hospital after his head was slashed with a machete during an attempted carjacking on Barkly Street.

“He’s a very lucky man, and a brave fellow to repeatedly refuse to give over your keys,” Dowsley said on 3AW Mornings.

Press PLAY to hear him tell the full story of what happened last night

“It shakes me up quite a bit, and I didn’t even see it,” 3AW host Heidi Murphy said.

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