2 Arrested After Woman Escapes Kidnappers, Jumping From Car On I-94
DEARBORN (WWJ) - A young woman is recovering she escaped her kidnappers along I-94 in Detroit.
According to Dearborn police, the 22-year-old was abducted by at gunpoint near her Dearborn home over the weekend by a former female friend and her boyfriend, forced into the trunk of a car before they drove off.
She told police she was able to break out of the moving vehicle, falling onto eastbound I-94 near Livernois. A passerby stopped to help, driving the woman to Henry Ford Hospital where she was treated non-life threatening injuries she sustained during her escape.
The suspects were later tracked down to Warren, arrested and taken to jail.
Dearborn Police Chief Haddad the department, Thursday afternoon, was awaiting a charging decision from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
"The Dearborn Police Department will continue to use all of its available resources to vigorously pursue anyone who commits crime in the City of Dearborn," Haddad said, in a statement. "We are thankful that we were able to apprehend the perpetrators of the kidnapping quickly and that the victim escaped without serious injuries."
Police aren't talking about a possible motive at this time.
No names have been released.