‘Held a screwdriver to her neck’: Woman ambushed in parking lot and raped in broad daylight after being dragged to underpass by man, hit over head with rock, cops say

A man in Florida has allegedly confessed to “raping” a woman after ambushing her in a parking lot with a rock and screwdriver — hitting her over the head with the rock and then using the tool to take her as his hostage — in broad daylight last week, cops say.

Daysnel Hernandez, 41, allegedly dragged his victim to an underpass near 777 NW 72nd Ave. in unincorporated Miami-Dade County to sexually assault her after setting upon the woman Thursday at around 10:30 a.m., according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Police say it was the first of two attacks that Hernandez allegedly unleashed on local women last week, with a female hotel employee being “physically assaulted” on Friday at the Doral Inn & Suites at 1212 NW 82nd Avenue in Doral, according to local CBS affiliate WFOR. He is charged with attempted second-degree murder, armed kidnapping, sexual battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and armed burglary in connection to both attacks…

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