Woman’s hidden cellphone saves her after stranger gets in her car, US cops say


After dialing 911, the woman hid her phone in her purse, ‘giving out directions to help guide law enforcement to her as she drove him to the restaurant several blocks away’, the sheriff’s office said. — KHOR SOW YEE/The Star

A woman’s “quick thinking” helped lead police officers to her rescue in Oregon.

It started with a dispatcher who got an odd 911 call at the Willamette Valley Communication Center just after 5pm on Wednesday, Sept 28.

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