ALTADENA — A woman is accused of intentionally striking a county employee with her car Friday following a dispute over an unleashed dog at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center, authorities said.

Arune Kavaliauskaite, 28, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon following the 3 p.m. incident at the park, 1750 N. Altadena Drive, according to sheriff’s officials and county booking records. Her city of residency was not clear Saturday.

A Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation employee approached Kavaliauskaite and told her she needed to put her dog on a leash, Lt. Denise Stephenson of the Sheriff’s Park Services Bureau said.

“The suspect refused to put the dog on a leash (and) became abusive toward staff,” the lieutenant said.

When the county employee began taking photographs of the Kavaliauskaite’s car and her dog, she apparently became angry and intentionally struck the county employee with her car, Stephenson said. The employee suffered a minor knee injury.

Deputies responded and arrested Kavaliauskaite, officials said.

According to county booking records, Kavaliauskaite was released from jail Saturday morning after posting $30,000 bail pending her initial appearance in Pasadena Superior Court.