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Utility workers found a two-year-old girl wearing only a diaper wandering into traffic on a frigid day in Massachusetts.Comcast Technicians Shawn Bronson and Michael Payne told
The Boston Herald they were restoring service to customers in Monson Thursday when they spotted the child heading toward the middle of the road.
The workers scooped up the child and brought her to a store where they waited for police.
Bronson said she was "shaking" and had turned a "different color." Police say the girl was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
The temperature was around 9 degrees when the girl was found.
Police say the child's father was "completely unaware" she had wandered off. They say charges of reckless endangerment of a child are pending.Police did not identify the father.
Associated Press
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"They did the absolute right thing, they saw a situation and reacted, and the company is extremely proud of them." Comcast spokeswoman Elizabeth Walden said. "In a situation like that, you have a gut response, and they did the right thing. Our top priority was getting her to safety," Payne said. "We just wanted to make sure this little girl was taken care of."
Massachusetts child welfare officials have also been notified.
At the time the toddler was found wandering through the small western Massachusetts community, the temperature was hovering around 9 degrees, though the wind chill had it feeling like it was well below zero, according to the National Weather Service. Once the two men and the toddler went inside the store, a clerk who had just given birth rushed to the storage area and brought back a blanket.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature at the time of the incident in Monson was just 9 degrees. With the wind chill, it felt like well below zero.
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