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Toddler Found Wandering On Busy Road
POSTED: 4:23 pm EDT August 14, 2007
UPDATED: 6:53 pm EDT August 14, 2007
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- A DeKalb County daycare center is under investigation after a driver found a 4-year-old boy wandering in the middle of Pleasantdale Road.
“When I saw him crying, I asked him his name and I gave him a hug,†said driver Frank Harrington.
Harrington said he couldn’t believe what he was seeing -- a 4-year-old boy wandering alone. Harrington got the boy into his car and pulled over to look around and said he noticed a Kids R Kids daycare center down the street.
“When we walked in with him the lady said, ‘Oh, you’re back again,’ and I was dumbfounded,†said Harrington.
Harrington and another driver were so worried about the reaction they called DeKalb County police. The report said the boy escaped through a loose gate near the playground.
When Channel 2 attempted to question the daycare, they told us they were working with the state and the incident was being investigated.
DeKalb police are investigating too.
“When you turn someone over your children you expect them to take as good of care of them as you would yourself if you were there, so it’s a high concern,†said J.T. Ware with the DeKalb County police.
Harrington said he was glad to help but he couldn’t believe how many drivers simply passed right by.
“As a parent, I would be very concerned if it was my kid. How would you like to be at work and get a phone call, ‘We’re sorry to tell you your kid was hit by a car,’ said Harrington.
Records show the daycare has been investigated in the past for lack of proper supervision.
POSTED: 4:23 pm EDT August 14, 2007
UPDATED: 6:53 pm EDT August 14, 2007
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- A DeKalb County daycare center is under investigation after a driver found a 4-year-old boy wandering in the middle of Pleasantdale Road.
“When I saw him crying, I asked him his name and I gave him a hug,†said driver Frank Harrington.
Harrington said he couldn’t believe what he was seeing -- a 4-year-old boy wandering alone. Harrington got the boy into his car and pulled over to look around and said he noticed a Kids R Kids daycare center down the street.
“When we walked in with him the lady said, ‘Oh, you’re back again,’ and I was dumbfounded,†said Harrington.
Harrington and another driver were so worried about the reaction they called DeKalb County police. The report said the boy escaped through a loose gate near the playground.
When Channel 2 attempted to question the daycare, they told us they were working with the state and the incident was being investigated.
DeKalb police are investigating too.
“When you turn someone over your children you expect them to take as good of care of them as you would yourself if you were there, so it’s a high concern,†said J.T. Ware with the DeKalb County police.
Harrington said he was glad to help but he couldn’t believe how many drivers simply passed right by.
“As a parent, I would be very concerned if it was my kid. How would you like to be at work and get a phone call, ‘We’re sorry to tell you your kid was hit by a car,’ said Harrington.
Records show the daycare has been investigated in the past for lack of proper supervision.