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TOLEDO, Ohio (13abc Action News) – A pregnant gas station clerk was in the midst of a shift change when when she was attacked Wednesday.

The owner of the Sunoco on Bancroft and Ashland says his employees were in the middle of switching the cash drawer. That’s when a man jumped over the counter and tried to grab the cash from the pregnant cashier.

Two other employees helped the pregnant cashier fend off the robber at one point hitting him with a fire extinguisher multiple times.

It was all caught on security video including the alleged robber fleeing the gas station. The owner says the man is still on the run. He says all of the employees are okay after the incident captured in this dramatic video.

This article was originally published by fellow CNN affiliate WTVG-TV. It is used here with permission.

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