A toddler was found wandering the streets of Manchester during the early morning hours on Tuesday.
William Middleton was driving to his fiancee's home after work when he noticed the 2-year-old boy on Forest Street and called police around 3:30 a.m.
He said he thought the boy was an animal in the middle of the road.
"I turned on my high beams and I thought it was going to run and it didn't and I started slowing down a little more and as I got closer and I realized it was a kid and I was like 'What in the world?' and I was like, 'There's no one else around, Why is the kid in the middle of the road?'" Middleton told NBC Connecticut in an exclusive interview.
Middleton said he and his fiancee brought the child inside and wrapped him in a blanket to keep him safe and warm until the police arrived. The couple told NBC Connecticut the 2-year-old's hands and feet were ice cold and that he was not wearing a coat or shoes.
Police said they arrived and took the child to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center for treatment after being exposed to the elements. Manchester's temperature was in the mid-30s at the time with fog and drizzle.
The toddler's condition is unknown.
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Manchester police worked to locate Saona Goodkofsky, the child's mother, on Otis Street.
Goodkofsky was charged with risk of injury to a minor.
