HEGINS — A woman died from injuries she suffered during an assault in Hegins Township over the weekend.
The assault on the 53-year-old Ephrata woman happened between 11 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday at Rausch Creek Trail Riders, according to state police Trooper Vincent Laselva of the Schuylkill Haven station.
Laselva said the woman suffered 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, Hershey, 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.
Laselva said the woman, who was not identified, died from her injuries at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday and that the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
Laselva said the woman was staying at Rausch Creek Trail Riders for the night and around 8 a.m. Sunday, staff members were contacted by a man who also stays at the camp.
The man was acting erratically and staff members questioned him on the whereabouts of his girlfriend.
Around 10:30 a.m. that day, Laselva said, staff members drove to the man’s campsite and found the woman lying in the passenger’s side of a Dodge Ram truck suffering from severe injuries.
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