A child has been taken to the hospital after being bitten by a raccoon in Ashford, according to state police.
Police said it happened just before 8 a.m. Friday on Fitts Road.
The child was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.
The child's mother said in a message on Facebook that a raccoon attacked her daughter, they both suffered minor punctures and scratches and are OK. They are in the emergency room and are being released after getting rabies shots, she said.
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State police said a trooper tried to find the raccoon, but it ran into the woods.
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