It happened around 1:30am on Wilkinson Road near the Cedar bridge south of Nanaimo.
Constable Gary O’Brien says the girl told police she’d stopped to help some kittens that were on the road when a car pulled up behind her and a man got out and attacked her.
The car was an older model white, Honda Civic or possibly a Toyota with a dark pin stripe and a small spoiler. It also had a loud exhaust and blue accent lighting.