INGLESIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- The Lake County Sheriff's Office said a woman was stabbed while walking with her child on a trail in Grant Woods in Ingleside Monday afternoon.
Police said the woman and her child were walking along a trail at about 5:15 p.m. when she was attacked and stabbed. The suspect then fled.
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The victim was able to get out of the woods and flag down help on a nearby busy road. She was taken to Condell Hospital with what the sheriff's office called "pretty serious injuries."
The woman's child, a boy who is under 10 years old, was not harmed in the attack, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
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Forest Preserve police are investigating the attack, with assistance from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A person of interest was taken into custody shortly before 8 p.m. No further information has been released.