CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Police have released preliminary information about a child found wandering in Chesterfield County on Friday morning.
The 3-year-old boy was found at about 10 a.m. along the 4300 block of West Hundred Road, near Harrowgate Road, in Chester.
"The child was not injured," a Chesterfield Police spokesperson said. "The investigation is ongoing, but officers have determined that the child came from the child care center located at the corner of West Hundred Road and Harrowgate."
Officers said the boy had come from the Fortress of God Childcare center and "had been outside for only a few minutes before he was seen."
That is when a bus driver spotted the child in the road and stopped their bus. A couple of drivers also stopped and managed to get the child out of the road and to safety, police said.
Police said the boy, who was not wearing a coat, was found in the area between the shopping center with the child care center and the shopping center with the pizza shop on the other side of the road.
The daycare has several doors all around the building and according to state licensing records, the center can watch up to 42 children — from newborns to 7 year olds.
CBS 6 tried to call multiple numbers listed outside the daycare to try to speak to someone, but we have not yet heard back. We also tried to talk to the administrator at the daycare, but she asked us to get off the property.
Police said their investigation into the incident is ongoing and that officers have reached out to the Fire Marshal’s Office and the Office of Child Care Health and Safety.
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