Woman Raped On Queens Street, Police Say

SUNNYSIDE, NY – A woman was raped by a man who followed her on a Queens street, began to talk to her then pushed her against a car and attacked her, police said.

The victim said the rapist followed her to 54th Street and Skillman Avenue, in Sunnyside, at 10:40 p.m. on Feb. 15 when he came up to her and started to talk to her before forcing her against the vehicle.

Video caught by surveillance cameras shows the suspect running from the scene.

The woman, 20, was treated at a hospital and released.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) .

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