A man grabbed the woman, they struggled and the man ran off after another man yelled across the river, police said.
HOLYOKE – Police were investigating a report of an assault and battery on a woman at the Dinosaur Footprints exhibit on Route 5 Monday.
A woman told police she was at the dinosaur tracks exhibit near the Connecticut River when a man grabbed her and she began struggling. A man across the river who saw the struggle yelled and the man ran off. Police have a partial license plate for the car the man was driving, Lt. Matthew F. Moriarty said.
The report came in about 7 p.m.
The Dinosaur Footprints exhibit between Route 5 and the Connecticut River in the northern part of the city consists of 130 tracks revealed in slabs of sandstone. The exhibit is run by the Trustees of Reservations’ Pioneer Valley.