HEGINS — State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating an aggravated assault incident that left a woman in critical condition at an area trauma center.
Trooper Vincent Laselva said the assault happened at Rausch Creek Trail Riders in Hegins Township between Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday.
Laselva said the victim, a 53-year-old Ephrata woman, was staying at that location for the night and around 8 a.m. Sunday, staff members were contacted by a man who also stays at the camp but was acting erratically and questioned him on the whereabouts of his girlfriend.
Around 10:30 a.m. that day, Laselva said, staff members drove to the man’s camp site and found the woman lying in the passenger’s side of a Dodge Ram truck.
Laselva said the woman had severe head and neck trauma and was bleeding heavily. She was subsequently treated by EMS and then flown to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center by helicopter.
After arriving at the hospital, Laselva said, medical staff also found that the woman suffered stab wounds and that some of her injuries were consistent with being strangled.
The woman remains in the hospital in critical condition and Laselva said the investigation is continuing.