Police are trying to determine how a Beverly woman ended up locked in the trunk of her car that was found parked in the breakdown lane of Route 128 in Wenham early today, Beverly police said.
At around 3:30 a.m., two motorists stopped to provide assistance for what they believed was an accident involving the woman’s car, which was parked on the side of Route 128 northbound near Exit 17, police said.
As they approached the vehicle, the motorists heard the 24-year-old woman screaming from the trunk. The motorists smashed the back window to free her, and called police.
The woman told police that sometime Sunday night at least two masked men forcibly abducted her from her Beverly apartment and ordered her to drive them in her car onto Route 128. Once on the highway, the men ordered her to stop the car and to get into the trunk, she told police.
Police said the woman refused medical attention and appeared to be fine but had suffered minor scratches and bruises.
No further information was immediately available.
Lauren Dezenski can be reached at lauren.dezenski@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenDezenski.
