Actress Tori Spelling was left stranded with her young children on Wednesday (06Feb13) when her car broke down.

The star, who is based in Los Angeles, was travelling with Liam, five, four-year-old Stella, Hattie, 15 months, and baby Finn when her vehicle began leaking gas and spluttered to a stop.

Spelling took to her Twitter.com page to share her car catastrophe with fans, uploading a photograph of the group looking forlorn at the side of the road.

She declared, "4 kids. 1 dog. 1 car leaking gas broken down on the side of the road= not a great road trip."