@fox4newsdallasfortworth: A Florida cop was quick to react when he spotted a small child running down a dark highway dangerously close to passing cars, recently released footage shows. Video here was recorded from a North Port Police patrol car, and shows the child running along US Highway 41 as a white SUV approaches from behind. The officer, after making a quick U-turn, flashes his lights and blares the car’s horn to alert the driver of the SUV, which narrowly avoids the child. “I’ve got a small child running down the road in front of Lowe’s. Just almost got hit by a car,” the officer says. Police said the child involved had “developmental delays” and had wandered from home. The parents had safeguards in place, and had done “everything they could” to prevent something like this. “It happens,” police said, before issuing a reminder of the systems and safeguards available to vulnerable people, as well as police cooperation.

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Thursday 09 October 2025 14:36:19 GMT