Toddler rescued from near-hit on Midlothian
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Housing and social-service agencies are investigating after police were called when a 3-year-old boy was found wandering in traffic on Midlothian Boulevard.
Police later found the South Side home from which the child wandered filled with debris.
Police were called about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday to Midlothian near Howard Street after the child was nearly struck by a tree service company truck. A bystander scooped up the child.
A neighbor identified the child and his mother, who was not there, reports said.
Read more about the rescue in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.