Fox Attacks Four People, Including a Child, in East Windsor

Four people, including a child, were attacked by a fox on and near Broad Brook Elementary School in East Windsor in separate incidents on Monday morning, according to WFSB 3.

WFSB reports that the first attack took place just after 10 a.m. when an unidentified person was bitten after that individual walked out their front door and onto their front porch on Mill Street.

An unidentified child was bitten in the second attack, according to WFSB, after the fox came out of the woods near the elementary school just before 11:30 a.m.

WFSB reports that two school staffers were able to grab and hold onto the fox and put it in a recyclable but both people were also bitten in the incident.

Everyone involved in both incidents were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Fox CT reports that police and the animal control officer killed the animal and its body was taken to the State of Connecticut Laboratory for testing.

The East Windsor Police Department is asking anyone who comes into contact with an animal that is acting strange or appears to be sick, to call 860-292-8240.

Read the full story at WFSB 3 here.