PAYSON โ A woman is undergoing a medical evaluation after allegedly abandoning her three young children along a north-central Arizona highway and later being found wandering naked, Authorities say.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials didn't immediately release the name of the 27-year-old woman Wednesday.
They reported receiving a call about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday about a woman and her children stranded on Arizona 87 south of Payson after their vehicle ran out of gasoline.
DPS troopers arrived and found the girls โ ages 1, 3 and 4 โ alone inside the car but unharmed.
A passer-by reported seeing a naked woman wandering in the lanes of State Route 87 around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday about two miles from where the girls were abandoned.
DPS officials say they're still investigating the case.
