Article contentWhen she looked back, she saw the man chasing her. Article content“I told the operator, ‘He’s chasing me. He’s chasing me,’” she recalled. Article contentRealizing she couldn’t reach their car quickly enough and not wanting to bring danger to her daughter and partner inside, she veered sharply away from the man, running out into the middle of the highway to put distance between them. Article content“It’s hard to describe what happened, I wasn’t even really in my body at that moment. I was just running on instinct,” she said. Article contentPicked up by red car Article contentShe raced back to the older couple’s vehicle who had stopped to help. Article contentAlthough their doors were locked, they quickly unlocked them and let her in before securing the locks again, while Holloway remained on the phone with emergency services. Article contentThe man began banging on the passenger window and pressing his hands against the glass, trying to get in. Article contentArticle content“He was looking in the window and trying the door handles. It was frightening,” she said. Article content“We were just all kind of in shock.” Article contentAs they described the events to the 911 operator, the older woman sitting in the front passenger seat suddenly said, “a car pulled over and picked him up.” Article contentA red vehicle pulled up in an unusual position on the highway, with its front wheels off the road but the rear ones still in the lane. Article contentThe man jumped into the car, which then sped away in the same direction Holloway’s family had been travelling. Article content“That’s what led us to believe, ‘OK, that’s strange’. This car just came out of nowhere and picked him up. They took off down the highway in the same direction we were going,” said Holloway. Article contentAs the red vehicle passed their parked cars, Holloway said her partner observed the man hanging out the window yelling, “911, 911.” Article content“I think he was saying that to mock me,” Holloway said. “Because I said I was calling 911.” Article contentArticle contentMan located later that day Article contentAfter leaving the scene, Holloway and her family continued toward St. John’s, but the situation did not end there. Article contentAs they neared the Midway Lounge and Gas Bar outside Parker’s Cove, they spotted the same man hitchhiking again. Article contentA red vehicle was also parked nearby, although Holloway said they could not confirm whether it was the same one from earlier. Article content“Andrew was automatically like, ‘I bet you any money that it’s a scam,’” Holloway said. Article content“It looks like they’re trying to get you to stop and then try to get the vehicle, and then that’s the getaway car.” Article contentA lesson learned Article contentAfter the incident, Holloway’s partner encouraged her to post a public warning online. Article contentThe Facebook post quickly gained traction, shared over 1,000 times. Article contentMany told her they had seen the same man hitchhiking regularly along that stretch of highway.
NL nurse stops to assist man laying on highway, ended up chased
