Family of 16-year-old Kaylie Smith said she was the victim of an alleged attack by her ex-boyfriend in which he hit her with a vehicle and then attacked her with a machete.Photo by GoFundMe

Ontario teen allegedly attacked by ex who hit her with SUV and severed her hand with sword, family says

'He used his vehicle to pin her against rocks so that he could get out and mutilate her,' cousin of the 16-year-old victim says. 'He was trying to chop her head off'

by · National Post

A Northern Ontario girl who survived being hit by an SUV and a machete attack that severed her hand is recovering in an Ottawa hospital while her assailant, alleged to be her ex-boyfriend, awaits his next court appearance.

The Ontario Provincial Police have not identified the victim or the accused in the Nov. 3 incident in Cobalt, northeast of Sudbury, but have since indicated it was a case of intimate partner violence, according to CTV. The National Post has reached out to the OPP for comment.

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