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Naperville police officer rescued a toddler who was running alone on busy Route 59, according to authorities.
Police posted dashcam footage of the May 10 incident on its Facebook page Monday.
The video taken from Sgt. Anthony Mannino’s dashcam shows the officer stopping near Route 59 and Gowdey Road, just north of Aurora Road. The 2-year-old boy is running south on Route 59 along the right lane, steps away from passing motorists in the center lane. At one point in the video, a large truck passes just a few feet from the boy, who appears to veer toward the center lane of traffic.
Mannino stopped his squad car in the right lane, keeping the lane clear of traffic, and then ran up to the child while shouting at him to stop and “come here.” The boy runs away from the sergeant, prompting the officer to sprint after the boy south along Route 59.
After about 30 strides, Mannino catches the child, according to the dashcam footage. “You’re OK, you’re OK,” Mannino calmly tells the boy as he grabs him. Mannino then alerts dispatch that he has him and would begin searching for his parents. The last comment heard in the dashcam footage is Mannino asking the child his name.
According to a Naperville police spokesman, the boy ran out of his mother’s home when she wasn’t looking. The child was out for only a matter of minutes before Mannino spotted him. The mother was not charged as the incident was deemed an accident, the spokeman said.
As a result of his role in the rescue, Mannino received the Naperville Police Department’s Life Saving Award last week, according to the post.
I'm pretty sure this is the dashcam used amzn.to/2Jw49eG
Naperville police officer rescued a toddler who was running alone on busy Route 59, according to authorities.
Police posted dashcam footage of the May 10 incident on its Facebook page Monday.
The video taken from Sgt. Anthony Mannino’s dashcam shows the officer stopping near Route 59 and Gowdey Road, just north of Aurora Road. The 2-year-old boy is running south on Route 59 along the right lane, steps away from passing motorists in the center lane. At one point in the video, a large truck passes just a few feet from the boy, who appears to veer toward the center lane of traffic.
Mannino stopped his squad car in the right lane, keeping the lane clear of traffic, and then ran up to the child while shouting at him to stop and “come here.” The boy runs away from the sergeant, prompting the officer to sprint after the boy south along Route 59.
After about 30 strides, Mannino catches the child, according to the dashcam footage. “You’re OK, you’re OK,” Mannino calmly tells the boy as he grabs him. Mannino then alerts dispatch that he has him and would begin searching for his parents. The last comment heard in the dashcam footage is Mannino asking the child his name.
According to a Naperville police spokesman, the boy ran out of his mother’s home when she wasn’t looking. The child was out for only a matter of minutes before Mannino spotted him. The mother was not charged as the incident was deemed an accident, the spokeman said.
As a result of his role in the rescue, Mannino received the Naperville Police Department’s Life Saving Award last week, according to the post.
