MUDDY CREEK TWP — State police are seeking information in response to a reported strong-armed robbery attempt this week at the Pilot gas station and truck stop on Route 422.

A woman trucker from Alabama told police that a man wielding a knife attacked her in the rear parking lot about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday as she was inspecting her loaded trailer.

She recounted that the unknown suspect held the knife to her throat, and at one point she nearly passed out when he choked her with some kind of a cord, while demanding money said Trooper Cody Spangler.

When the man realized she had no money, the 40-year-old woman said, he threw her to the ground and punched her several times with a glove-covered fist before fleeing.

She was unable to get a good look at the man and could not provide police with a description of him.

Police said the woman, who waited about four hours before reporting the incident, appeared to have minor to moderate injuries including bruises to her face, arms and chest,

She also had a 2- to 3-inch mark on her neck “consistent with a rope burn,” Spangler said. But the woman claimed that mark was from the suspect holding the knife to her throat.

She refused medical treatment.

Police said there were two other tractor-trailers parked near the victim’s rig but those drivers were apparently in the store. No one saw the reported attack and there are no surveillance cameras outside the store.

Spangler said the woman did not report what happened until about 10:30 p.m., after an employee at the store convinced her to call police.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 724-284-8100.