Heflin police - and a family from Arkansas - got a momentary scare this morning during a traffic stop on Interstate 20.

Heflin Police Chief A.J. Benefield said police received a report of a possible body in the trunk of a car this morning. The vehicle, a black Hyundai, apparently stopped at a service station in the Birmingham area. A person at the station thought they saw a body when the car trunk was open.

A "be on the lookout" call went out to law enforcement agencies, Benefield said, describing the car, which had Arkansas license plates and was believed headed east on I-20.

Benefield said police spotted the vehicle about 11:45 a.m. and stopped it, ordering the family out, which included a child in the backseat. When police opened the trunk, they found a body pillow and a Dora the Explorer pillow in a garbage bag.

"When we got it open, we had to admit, it did look like a body in a bag," he said. "The family was very understanding about how this could have happened. We were very relieved."