A missing 16-year-old girl has been found in the US after she used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show a driver she was in danger
.that was created to help address a worldwide rise in domestic violence, Laurel County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky said.
The driver called 911 after recognising what the hand signal meant and noticing that the teenager"appeared to be in distress", the sheriff's office added.Signal for Help: How to use simple hand gesture Police later arrested James Herbert Brick, 61, of Cherokee, North Carolina, while he was driving near a Kentucky interstate on Thursday afternoon.
The teenager found inside the car Brick was driving had been reported missing by her parents in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday morning, Laurel County Sheriff John Root said in a statement.The girl, who has not been named, told officers she had travelled with Brick through North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.
The gesture which went viral on TikTok and across social media last year involves putting your palm up before tucking your thumb in and closing your fingers.
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