MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Officials closed a dog park and other areas in a North Jersey nature reserve following an attack by what they called an "aggressive" coyote that bit a 13-year-old girl and a dog.Essex County officials said the attack occurred at about 3 p.m.
Friday in a wooded area near the dog park in the South Mountain Reservation.The teenager was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center with puncture wounds to her leg, a spokeswoman for Essex County Sheriff’s Office told reporters.
Local media reported that a woman was also attacked about 90 minutes later in the same area. There was no immediate word on that person's condition.County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.