The Kansas Highway Patrol is being applauded after a trooper conducted a traffic stop on an SUV, only to discover that a 6-year-old girl who had been kidnapped in another state -- and her accused kidnapper -- were inside the vehicle.

One traffic violation on a Kansas highway led to the miraculous rescue of a 6-year-old girl who had been kidnapped. Kansas Highway Patrol said the rescue happened after a highway trooper stopped an SUV for a traffic violation last month.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a trooper from the criminal interdiction unit stopped an SUV for a traffic violation. During the stop, “It was discovered that the front seat passenger had a warrant for his arrest from another state for kidnapping a 6-year-old girl just over a month prior.”