Fox attacks three in Weedsport

Three people were bitten by a fox in Weedsport Monday as the aggressive animal attacked two people who tried to chase it away after it bit a 4-year-old.

Weedsport Police Administrator Jack McNeil said the child was playing on a swing set at 2635 W. Brutus Street when gray fox came up and bit her on the bottom of her foot at about 3:45 p.m.

The child's mother yelled and swung a lawn chair cushion at the animal and the fox bit her on the leg. When a man came out of the house to try and chase the fox away, it bit him on the leg and then ran off.