Falls Township and Tullytown Borough police said Tuesday evening that they had received no reports of a kidnapping after a post on a neighborhood Facebook page went viral.
The post alleged there was some sort of carjacking and kidnapping at the Walmart in Tullytown Borough that was connected to a later crash along Route 13 in Falls Township. The frightening information quickly spread across the area.
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Police officials in both municipalities said they had no information on a kidnapping or carjacking as of evening, but Falls Township Acting Chief of Police Lt. Nelson Whitney said there was a crash on Route 13 northbound by Tyburn Road in the township. He added one or more of the people involved fled and had not been captured as of evening.
Credit: Scott Davne
Drivers told LevittownNow.com that fire crews and ambulances were at the scene, along with a large number of police officers. Dispatch records showed the crash being reported around 3:15 p.m.
Tullytown Borough police said they reached out to the person who made the claims on social media and had not heard back.
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