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British backpacker saved by texting location to father British backpacker in Australia rescued after texting location to father
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A British backpacker held against her will during a car trip in Australia was rescued by police after texting her location to her father in England. A British backpacker who says she was held against her will during a car trip in Australia was rescued after texting her location to her father in England.
The woman, 20, had agreed to ride with a man from their hostel in south-east Queensland to Brisbane, police said. Mary Kate Heys, 20, had agreed to ride with a man from their hostel in south-east Queensland to Brisbane.
But when he began driving in the opposite direction, she demanded to get out of the car. The man refused. But when he drove in the opposite direction and refused to allow her out, she told her father to call police.
Police intercepted the pair at Gympie, 90km (55 miles) from the hostel, after her father contacted them.Police intercepted the pair at Gympie, 90km (55 miles) from the hostel, after her father contacted them.
The 22-year-old driver, from Sweden, was arrested and taken to hospital for medical treatment.The 22-year-old driver, from Sweden, was arrested and taken to hospital for medical treatment.
He will not face charges as Ms Heys withdrew her complaint against him, police said.
'I was so scared''I was so scared'
The local Courier Mail newspaper named the woman as Mary Kate Heys, from Manchester. Police said she was not hurt. Ms Heys, from Manchester, told local media that the man woke her at 04:30 local time on Monday (18:30 GMT on Sunday) at the Mooloolaba hostel, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The newspaper quoted Ms Heys as saying that the man woke her up at 04:30 local time on Monday (18:30 GMT on Sunday) at the Mooloolaba hostel, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, and she agreed to go on a road trip with him. She said she initially agreed to go on a road trip with him out of concern for his wellbeing.
She reportedly began to feel unsafe when he changed plans and said they should drive to Far North Queensland. But she said she began to feel unsafe when he changed the plan and said they should drive to Far North Queensland.
"I was so scared and I thought I was going to die," Ms Heys told The Courier-Mail. "I was so scared and I thought I was going to die," Ms Heys told the Courier-Mail newspaper.
She sent her father text messages reading "I need you to call Australian Police" and "I've been taken by a man … please hurry", the paper reported. She repeatedly sent her father her location, as well as messages reading: "I need you to call Australian Police" and "I've been taken by a man… please hurry".
The Swedish man will not face charges after the British woman withdrew her complaint against him, police said.