DIVIDE, Colo.—A Colorado teenager says a mountain lion attacked her while she was checking to see if her car had a flat tire.
Kendra Rutter told KKTV in Colorado Springs that the mountain lion pounced on her after she got out of her car on the side of a rural road to check on her tire early Sunday morning in Divide. Rutter told the television station Monday that the mountain lion knocked her down and she fought back by kicking the animal in the head.
She says the animal ran away and she drove off. She suffered cuts to her shoulder and leg.
The teenager’s age was not immediately available.
The Division of Wildlife says it has set up a trap for the animal and will euthanize it if it is caught.
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Information from: KKTV-TV,
