MASSACHUSETTS – An Uber driver took off with a Massachusetts couple's baby after the parents requested to make a stop and the driver continued on to the destination, according to police.
Quincy police said the parents called 911 Sunday night to report the Uber driver left with their 9-month-old baby in the back seat.
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The father told police the couple was on their way to his parents' house when they asked the Uber driver to stop at a Tedeschi Food Shops location so they could get a drink.
Police said the driver then took off.
"We've been trying to contact him," the father told a 911 operator, "but he's not picking up."
He explained that there may have been a language barrier between them and the driver.
Police said the driver, who was tracked down in Weymouth using the Uber app, thought only the child's father had gotten out of the car and that his wife was still in the back seat when he continued to drive.
No charges were filed against the Uber driver because the incident appeared to be a misunderstanding, police said.
"He just got out of the car and the baby was in the car and the Uber driver took off," said a police officer.
"He shouldn't have left with the in the first place with the baby. I told him I was just going to get a drink and come right back," the father told police.
Police filed a report with the state's Department of Children and Families per protocol because the child was separated from its parents.