Rabid fox attacks three women now undergoing treatment for injuries and rabies infection.
BARRINGTON – Three women were injured in separate attacks the afternoon of March 24 in the 900 block area of East Lake Road on Keuka Lake in the town of Barrington.
According to the reports filed by Yates County Animal Control Officer Tom Morris, around 2 p.m., Emily O Brien, 69, of 870 East Lake Road, was walking on the beach when she was bitten several times on the leg in an unprovoked attack by an aggressive fox. She was able to kick the animal away and was taken to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan for treatment.