Ashford mother fights off raccoon that attacked her daughter

A 5-year-old girl was bitten by a raccoon in Ashford on Friday morning before her mother pulled the animal off and it fled into the woods.

• The attack occurred around 7:55 a.m. on Fitts Road as 5-year-old Rylee MacNamara was going to the school bus, state police said.
• Rylee said the raccoon wrapped its arms around her leg and bit her; her mother, Logan, yanked the animal off and threw it away.
• Mother and daughter went to the hospital and received rabies shots; they will return every few days for two weeks for additional shots.
• Animal control officers searched the woods Friday morning but did not find the raccoon; its rabies status is unknown.