Police officer rescues a child running on a street in Florida

Child running on a highway in Florida.
@Deepizzaguy (115214)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
October 19, 2025 3:57pm CST
North Port Florida Police Department officers were dispatched on Wednesday October 8 when a child was seen running on a highway at night by himself after the child ran away from home behind his parents back despite their efforts to watch him closely. An auto that was driving on the same highway nearly hit the child when the police officer then proceeded to get ahold of the child who has special needs into his squad car and take the child home and reunite with his parents' home safe and sound. Link is msn.com/en-us/public-s...
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@AmbiePam (104441)
• United States
3h
Kids are so sneaky. And they will scare the life out of you!
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@Deepizzaguy (115214)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2h
That is true.
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@xstitcher (36061)
• Petaluma, California
1h
Yes, they are.
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@innertalks (23243)
• Australia
1h
Kids like that can be a real effort for parents to raise, and usually with little help, and it was good the Police rescued this boy, before he was injured on the highway.
@Deepizzaguy (115214)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30m
That is true.
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@celticeagle (180706)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
I suppose the parents of this poor child would have really been upset if the child had been hit or injured. Too many kids are raising themselves in this country today. The parents should be sited for not having an eye on the child.
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@Deepizzaguy (115214)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2h
That is what a lot of people are saying that kids grow up too fast these days.
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@RasmaSandra (89946)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
There is no way the parents were takjing care of the child they should be fined or something.
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@porwest (109604)
• United States
59m
I am in agreement. There's more to this story than we're seeing here.
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@JudyEv (364387)
• Rockingham, Australia
Just now
That child could have so easily have been hit by the car.
@porwest (109604)
• United States
1h
Kids play this "runaway" game all the time. Most of the time it's benign. But advancing to a highway? I'd say CPS might need to pay a visit to this home. Maybe nothing there, but a double-check might be in order.
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