A man tried to pull a 33-year-old woman into his minivan Sunday night while she was walking on the 900 block of South Park Street, Madison police reported Wednesday.
The man pulled up to where she was walking at approximately 11:45 p.m. and offered her a ride in his “boxy, newer model blue minivan,” according to a police report. The woman ignored him, prompting the man to leave his vehicle, grab her arm and pull her toward the van’s door.
“She broke away, ran, and was able to find someone out walking a dog,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. “This person helped her summon police.”
The woman received a ride home from a Madison police officer, according to the report. The woman reported she last saw the man, who she told police was black with dreadlocks and a “chubby face,” driving down South Park Street away from campus.
