OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala. (WHNT) — The Owens Cross Roads Police Department says officers are searching for a teenage girl who ran away while being taken to a local mental health center.

Owens Cross Roads Police Chief Jason Dobbins said the 15-year-old girl was in the care of the Alabama Department of Human Resources and was being dropped off at Pathways of Madison County around 6:15 p.m. Thursday. However, he said, when the girl arrived at the facility, she ran away.

Dobbins said the girl was not yet in the care of the Pathways facility when she ran away.

The chief said officers were still working ot locate the teenager as of 9:15 p.m. Thursday. He said she was wearing a black shirt and khaki pants at the time of the incident, but could not give a more detailed description at this time.

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