By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Two people have been arrested after allegedly leaving children in a locked car at a convenience store outside Savannah during the heat of the day.
The Andrew County Sheriff’s Office reports it received a call about a child locked in a vehicle and unresponsive at the T Stop convenience store around one o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Before deputies could arrive, the car left northbound on US Highway 71.
Andrew County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to stop the car on 71 Highway, but the car took off westbound on Highway 59. The car failed to negotiate a turn south on Route CC and continued west on 59, when the car began having engine trouble. The car drove down an embankment, coming to rest on Interstate 29.
The man driving the car ran across the interstate, but was taken into custody on State Route RA without incident. A woman in the car was also arrested.