Police seek security video after University of Wisconsin-Madison student was sexually assaulted and beaten

Police are asking for security footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was sexually assaulted and beaten in a horrific off-campus attack.

The student, a woman in her 20s, was found around 3:20 a.m. local time Sunday on W. Wilson Street in the city’s downtown area after a person who lives nearby noticed that she had been severely beaten, the Madison Police Department said in a news release.

She was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but is expected to survive.