Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a hitchhiking College Student was kidnapped and held hostage. Tonight, police say she made a daring escape. Good evening and thank you for joining us. This terrifying or deal happened this morning at 1245 heller and mclauughlin drive. It ended with the College Student jumping out of the moving car. Katie . Reporter this is the intersection where she made that escape. A University Spokesman tells me shes doing okay, all things considered. Students tell me hitchhiking is common, and theyre shocked that this happened. Shes really lucky. Reporter students cant believe what happened to one of their own. They dont bat an eye at the fact that she was hitchhiking. I was kind of terrified, because, you know, you put a lot of trust, and i see people hitchhiking all the time. A student would be counting on another student to be in that car, and theres like some camaraderie here. Reporter police say the victim was hitchhiking at this bus stop a
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a hitchhiking College Student was kidnapped and held hostage. Tonight, police say she made a daring escape. Good evening and thank you for joining us. This terrifying or deal happened this morning at 1245 heller and mclauughlin drive. It ended with the College Student jumping out of the moving car. Katie . Reporter this is the intersection where she made that escape. A University Spokesman tells me shes doing okay, all things considered. Students tell me hitchhiking is common, and theyre shocked that this happened. Shes really lucky. Reporter students cant believe what happened to one of their own. They dont bat an eye at the fact that she was hitchhiking. I was kind of terrified, because, you know, you put a lot of trust, and i see people hitchhiking all the time. A student would be counting on another student to be in that car, and theres like some camaraderie here. Reporter police say the victim was hitchhiking at this bus stop a
Reporter students cant believe what happened to one of their own. They dont bat an eye at the fact that she was hitchhiking. I was kind of terrified, because, you know, you put a lot of trust, and i see people hitchhiking all the time. A student would be counting on another student to be in that car, and theres like some camaraderie here. Reporter police say the victim was hitchhiking at this bus stop at heller and mclaughlin drive at 12 45 thursday morning. A man picked her up. He was smoking marijuana behind the wheel. When they got to where she wanted to stop, he kept moving. The then jumped from the moving car. I give her props, because i would not know what to do. Hopping out of the car like that, that was really smart. Reporter she suffered minor injuries. There are nighttime shuttles and other safer ways to get around. We have a Police Escort service that can help students during the evening. Hitchhiking comes with its own set of dangers and you dont know who youre getting a rid
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