Woman Walking In Forest Park Fights Off Would-Be Rapist: NYPD

QUEENS, NY — Police are looking for a man who choked a woman and tried to sexually assault her in Forest Park over the weekend.

The 51-year-old woman was walking along Orange Trail about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when a man came up behind her, hit her in the head and pushed her into the bushes, according to police.

The man wrapped a piece of clothing around the woman's neck and choked her while attempting to sexually assault her, but she fought back and called out for help, causing the man to run off, police said.

The woman was treated at a local hospital and released.