Father rescues toddler running along busy Henrico road: 'Someone needs to be held responsible'

A Henrico father is thankful he was in the right place at the right time after he rescued a toddler running along the side of a busy road Friday morning.

Tre Waddy was on his way to work when he had to do a double and triple take after he saw the child running down the side of Parham Road.

"I didn't expect him to come across like that in between our cars," Waddy said, pointing to dashcam video of the incident.

The boy was running south along the northbound lanes of Parham Road. Waddy couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"It was a real quick, 'I have to find the hazard, undo my seat belt, open the door,'" Waddy recalled. "You saw the white car come by and he was... I was just like, 'I don't care if the door gets hit, I don't care if the car gets hit,' obviously. So I had to be quick about it."

Waddy snatched the boy up before he could dart into oncoming traffic. The youngster was inches away from serious injury or death.

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