Crime & Safety
Woman in Crashed Van: Driver Kidnapped Me
An accident early Wednesday in Tucker leads to an arrest.
Channel 2 Action News is reporting that a woman found early this morning near a wrecked minivan in Tucker may have been kidnapped and raped.
The minivan struck a brick mailbox on Henderson Road and then flipped over, WSB-TV reported. Witnesses saw two men and a woman in the van when it crashed.
“The two guys, they got out and started walking one way and the girl, she started walking the other way and said that they kidnapped and they were trying to rape her,” Zachary Milo said. Another witness, David Chesnokov, said: “She started coming up toward us, ‘Help me get away from them. They just kidnapped me from my hotel.’”
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Police arrived and captured the driver, who was allegedly intoxicated, and charged him with driving under the influence. More charges are pending.
The other man escaped and is being sought. The woman is being treated for cuts and bruises. More details to follow.
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