Man returns to broken-down car on I-94 in Detroit to find daughter, 7, gone

Stranger finds girl alone, takes her home

DETROIT – A 7-year-old girl is home safe after being found alone in a broken-down car on the side of Interstate 94 near Woodward Avenue Sunday.

Police said the girl's father reported the child missing after leaving her inside the car to go get help at a nearby gas station. When the father returned, the child was gone.

Police said a stranger saw the child alone and stopped to make sure she was alright. She told him where her home was and he drove her there.