Police: Teenage girl attacked in Fairmount Park

Police are looking for a man who attacked a 17-year-old girl in the Roxborough section of Fairmount Park this morning.

Officer Jillian Russell said the attack happened at 8:35 a.m. on Valley Green Road. The teenage girl says she was jogging along the trail when she was approached by a thin, Hispanic male with broad shoulders.

Police say the suspect pulled her down to the ground before she was able to fight him off and run away. She did not suffer any serious injuries.

Anyone with more information is asked to call police.

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