In a terrifying abduction attempt a Sydney nurse has fought off a stranger who tried to drag her into the boot of his car . The 28-year-old nurse was walking along Falcon Street after finishing a late shift at North Shore Private Hospital when a silver BMW pulled up and a man jumped from the car . He grabbed the nurse , put his hand over her mouth and tried to drag her into the boot of the car . It was only after the nurse hit the man in the groin that he released his grip and she was able to make her escape . The nurse luckily only suffered cuts and bruises , although badly shaken by the incident . CCTV footage shows the nurse in her uniform strolling down a busy Sydney road late on Wednesday night . Her alleged attacker drives by in his car as she walks along the street . Police said that the car was a silver BMW driven by a man of Middle Eastern or Indian descent . Police described the man as Middle Eastern or Indian , aged in his 30s and about 175cm tall with a stocky build . CCTV footage showed the nurse in her uniform strolling down a busy Sydney road late on Wednesday night . She follows the Pacific Highway bend at Crows Nest and turns onto Falcon St. After the attack the man is last seen at about 10.25pm driving up Sophia Street , a narrow one-way lane lined with houses . Residents said they heard the woman scream before she ran to a nearby Caltex station where the attendant tried to calm her down until police arrived minutes later . Officers took footage from cameras at businesses on Crows Nest 's main drag , including some showing the nurse walking on her own . After the attack the man was last seen driving up Sophia Street , a narrow one-way lane lined with houses . Detectives have collected CCTV footage from the station , believed to show the traumatised woman running inside . Officers also took footage from cameras at businesses on Crows Nest 's main drag , including some showing the nurse walking on her own . Superintendent Allan Sicard says every detective in his local command is on the case and the Sex Crimes Squad is involved . Supt Sicard said getting kicked in the groin must have left this man in pain and anyone he might have gone home to might have noticed . The terrified nurse ran to a nearby petrol station and contacted police . ‘ Someone will know this man , ’ he said . ‘ He might have come to someone 's house , someone 's unit , someone 's social group , been in a degree of pain , anxious or maybe sweating. ’ He said the attack was extremely out of character for the lower north shore area and asked the public not to let the fear of crime rule their lives . In wake of the attack , the hospital has advised staff to avoid walking home alone in the dark .
The nurse had finished a late shift at North Shore Private Hospital . While walking home a silver BMW pulled up and a man jumped out . He put his hand over her mouth and tried to drag her into his car . She fought him off, but he drove away with the woman still in his arms.