Woman Calls 911 While Locked In Bus Luggage Compartment On I-84

TOLLAND, CT —State police from the Troop C barracks came to the rescue of a woman who had called 911 while locked in the luggage compartment from a moving bus on Interstate-84, according to a report. A woman described in a report as an off-duty driver was subsequently arrested for allegedly pushing her in there.

The incident took place at about 4 p.m. on Sunday along the eastbound lanes of the highway, state police said.

The bus was headed through north-central Connecticut and a 32-year-old woman called 911 and told a dispatcher at Troop C that she was locked in the compartment of a passenger bus headed to Boston. The 911 "ping" showed that the bus went through Tolland and into Willington near Exit 70 and troopers gave chase, according to a report.

State police said they caught up to the bus near Exit 73, pulled it over, and informed the on-duty driver of the 911 call. The woman, from Long beach, NY, was then located inside one of the comparments. She refused medical treatment, but told troopers that she was retrieving items from a bag and was "purposely locked inside" by a "female driver," who was "still on the bus as a passenger," according to a report.

State police then arrested Wendy Alberty, who has a New Jersey address. She was charged with first-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace, according to a report.

She is due in curt on Aug. 21, records show.