Police were searching Sunday for a man who attacked a woman on a trail in Roswell.

The 51-year-old woman was running on the trail along Riverside Road near Northshore Drive at about 7 a.m. when she said a man struck her in the back of the head. The man walked away, she told police. The woman called police.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to North Fulton Hospital where she was treated and released, police said.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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