VIDALIA — A Vidalia woman reported to law enforcers that she was taken from the street into the woods where she was sexually assaulted.

Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Investigator Sgt. Randy Lipscomb said the victim was walking down the street toward her home near Ralph Road when a male approached her.

The victim said she was hit and dragged into a wooded area close to her home, Lipscomb said.

Lipscomb said the victim didn’t know her whereabouts but was able to call authorities with her cell phone following the incident.

Lipscomb said deputies soon found her in the field where she said she had been sexually assaulted.

The victim was taken to Riverland Medical Center where authorities ran a sexual assault evidence collection kit, Lipscomb said.

He said the victim was in stable condition and was released from the hospital shortly after midnight Thursday morning.

The investigation is ongoing and a person of interest has been questioned.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Concordia Parish Sheriff Office at 318-336-5231 or 318-336-9148.