A SICK attacker abducted a teenager and took her on a terrifying 30-mile drive over the Lancashire moorland.

And today it was revealed that the kidnapping occurred just hours after a woman fought off an attacker who tried to pull her into a car in Blackburn town centre.

The abducted girl was pulled into her attacker's car on Nelson Street, on the outskirts of Bolton town centre, after he stopped to ask her for directions at around 7.45pm on Saturday.

The 18-year-old girl was driven around for up to 40 minutes in her attacker's silver car, which was possibly E-registered, but eventually escaped by jumping out of the moving vehicle near Pendle Hill.

She ran to a nearby pub to raise the alarm and was badly shocked but otherwise uninjured.

Today, as police hunted the attacker, detectives in Blackburn revealed they were investigating an attempted kidnapping on Bolton Road early the same day.

A man jumped out of a pale blue Volvo and tried to pull a 22-year-old woman into the car but she managed to escape after pushing him away.

The man leading the hunt for the Bolton kidnapper, Det Insp Michael Lay, said he could only speculate about the abductor's motives. He said: "The man did not threaten the girl at any stage although he talked to her throughout the drive. The girl though was obviously terrified. The situation was very threatening indeed."

The police chief wants to speak to anyone who may have seen the abductor or any other woman who may have been approached by him.

"It is a distinct possibility that he might have tried this before," added Det Insp Lay.

The man is described as Asian, aged about 30, and the girl said he spoke English with an Asian accent. He is heavily built with pock marks or freckles and a roundish face.

The man being hunted by police is around 6ft tall, with short, black hair and a goatee beard. He was slightly chubby and in his 30s and was wearing a light blue shirt with black trousers.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bolton or Blackburn CID or Crimestoppers on the free phone number 0800 555 111.

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