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Woman reported abducted in Germantown

Police are investigating after a woman was reported to have been forced into a car and abducted in Germantown.

Philadelphia police said a witness reported seeing 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither yelling for help on the 100 block of West Coulter Street at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday.

The woman was then forced into a four-door vehicle, possibly a gray Ford Taurus, by an unknown black man, authorities said.

The victim's glasses and cell phone were dropped onto the road before the car drove away and she was seen breaking the rear driver-side window, police said.

No other descriptive information about the assailant or vehicle was available this morning.

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