Kidnapping Attempt On Providence's Stanwood Street: Official

PROVIDENCE, RI — A woman was tased and thrown to the ground in an apparent attempted abduction, a city official said.

The woman was walking on Stanwood Street to a store about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when a man "used a taser on her neck, threw her to the ground and tased her again in the ribs," Providence Director of Communications Josh Estrella said in an email.

The man "attempted to force her into his vehicle, but she was able to break free," Estrella said. "He then fled toward Broad Street in the vehicle."

The woman was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, he said, and detectives are investigating the incident.