Crime & Safety
Update: Woman Hit By Fallen Branch While Jogging
What was originally reported as an attack was apparently just a falling branch, police say.

Update: Boston Police tell FOX 25 what was originally reported as an "attack" turned out to be a miscommunication. The woman mentioned in the story below was merely hit by a falling tree branch. Police attributed the mix-up to a language barrier.
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Boston Police report a woman was attacked and injured while jogging along the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Wednesday evening.
Police tell multiple outlets, including WBZ, that the woman was struck on the head with a tree branch while out running, around 5:15 p.m. The woman was not seriously injured.
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Police are now seeking the perpetrators, believed to be two men in their 20s, with blonde hair and wearing dark clothes at the time of the attack.
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