MOUNT AIRY, N.C. - A frantic mother used a phone tracking app to locate her daughter after the teen had crashed down a 25-foot embankment in North Carolina last week.
Catrina Cramer Alexander used the Find My Friends app to track her daughter, Macy Smith, 17, of Mount Airy — which ultimately saved her life.
Alexander became concerned about her daughter after Smith missed her curfew and did not answer any calls or texts from her brother or mother, WFMY-TV reported.
"The lack of response was out of character for her," Alexander said, according to the station.
That's when Alexander got worried and decided to use the Find My Friends app. Since last year, the mother and daughter had shared their locations with each other through the app, the station reported.
Alexander had noticed that Smith had been in the same location for "far too long," which prompted the mother to come to her daughter's rescue, the report said.
"I can't explain watching the GPS on my phone with my dot for my phone getting close to hers and then suddenly seeing the tire tracks," Alexander said.
Smith's family found her pinned underneath the car, which had fallen down a 25-foot embankment in Pilot Mountain.
“I was lying in a ditch 20 yards off the road for the 7th hour with my arm pinned under my car. I will never forget the sound of my family calling out my name when they found me around 10:30 pm,” Smith explained in a Facebook post. “I hydroplaned at 4:00 pm and ran in between 2 trees down an embankment, flipped my car 3 times, and landed in my back seat with my arm pinned in between the car and the ground.”
Mom used phone tracking app after daughter missed curfew, found her pinned under car 7 hours later
A frantic mother used a phone tracking app to locate her daughter after the teen had crashed down a 25-foot embankment in North Carolina last week.
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