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Truck Driver Rescues Toddler Found Alone in Rainy Nebraska Intersection

Police later confirmed the boy was safe with his parents.

Overview

  • Dash camera video showed a child believed to be 3 or 4 standing in the median at Settlers Creek Drive and Cornhusker Road around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 8 in Papillion.
  • Sapp Brothers driver Ed Coleman turned his truck around, wrapped the boy in a blanket, called police, and kept him warm in his cab.
  • Officers arrived shortly after the call, and about an hour later they informed the driver that the parents had been located.
  • The child was carrying a small bag with clothes and diapers, and it remains unclear how or why he was alone in the intersection.
  • KMTV first reported the incident on air before it was republished with AI-assisted conversion, and People reported that Sapp Brothers and local police did not immediately respond to its requests for comment.