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Juvenile injured in stabbing

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A female juvenile was being treated at UPMC Williamsport for injuries she suffered when she was stabbed near Eighth Avenue and Memorial Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Monday, city police said.

The girl, whose age was not released, suffered lacerations to her arm and wrist, and an apparent stab wound to her upper chest, police said. There was no word on whether she was admitted to the hospital or discharged.

After being assaulted, the girl left a trail of blood droplets as she headed north on Eighth Avenue, west down an alley and then north on Grier Street, where she supposedly was picked up by a passerby, who drove her to the hospital, police said.

The girl was stabbed during an altercation with another juvenile, police were told, but no other details were available.

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