A North Port police officer’s quick thinking prevented a potential tragedy when dashcam video captured a child wandering onto busy U.S. 41.
The newly released footage shows a small child walking dangerously close to traffic on the major highway. A North Port police sergeant immediately sprang into action, turning on his lights and sirens before jumping out of his cruiser to chase down the child and bring them to safety.
According to North Port police, the child’s parents had done “everything they could” to install safeguards and prevent their child from wandering away from home. The child had developmental delays…