3 Juveniles Hurt Jumping from Good Samaritan’s Truck in Tuscaloosa Thursday

Police say three children received minor injuries when they jumped from the back of a good Samaritan's truck in Tuscaloosa on Thursday.

Stephanie Taylor, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, said their dispatchers received calls around 11:45 reporting that three children had been thrown from the back of a pickup truck on Highway 69.

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The call drew a large police response, but fortunately, the truth is less dramatic - Taylor said the three juveniles were with an adult woman when their vehicle ran out of gas. The driver of a passing pickup truck stopped and picked up the family to drive them to the nearest gas station.

Taylor said while en route, the truck driver realized he did not have a gasoline can and began driving back to his home a short distance away to pick one up.

That update was apparently not shared effectively with his new passengers - Taylor said the three juveniles got scared when the driver passed two service stations without stopping and they made the panicked decision to jump out of the back of the truck.

Taylor said TPD has no reason to believe the truck driver had any ill intent, and the three juveniles who jumped suffered minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital to get checked out as much as anything else.

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