Shortly before 5 p.m. Friday West Penn Township and Tamaqua Police were dispatched to the intersection of Route 443 and Mush Dahl Road in West Penn township, the village of Clamtown.

There they discovered a woman in a car suffering head trauma from an assault.

The victim was treated at the scene by member of the Penn Mahoning ambulance and Lehighton paramedics, then transported to an area trauma center.