Girl found safe after Seymour carjacking

Police rescued a 12-year-old girl on Interstate 65 after a carjacking in Seymour with the girl still inside the vehicle.

Seymour police are reporting that the incident started at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night when a Seymour woman reported that her car was missing from the Dollar General Store on Tipton Street, and that her daughter was still inside. The girl then called dispatchers, saying that she was inside the car and that a woman had taken the vehicle and was not letting her go.

The girl stayed on the line and continued to provide information and landmarks until Columbus police and Bartholomew County deputies caught up with the vehicle on Interstate 65 at the Columbus exit.

The driver, 28 year old Shawna Lucas of Seymour was arrested on preliminary charges of theft and criminal confinement. The girl and her mother were reunited at the scene.

Seymour police are still investigating why Lucas took the vehicle.