A 1-month-old baby abandoned on the side of a highway in Oklahoma, USA, was found in a car seat stuffed with $5,500 in cash, a birth certificate and a Social Security card.
Oklahoma City police say a church group returning from an amusement park spotted the child on Saturday.
At first glance, people driving along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City thought they were seeing a discarded doll in the patchy grass and weeds.
The driver of a church bus full of kids was the first to stop. He quickly realized the tiny body strapped into the car seat just 10 feet off the busy road was a living and breathing baby.
“It was not moving. Its eyes were closed,” Roger Prater told The Oklahoman. “I thought, ‘Lord, don’t let this thing be hurt,'” Prater said.
Several other drivers pulled over, startled by the sight of the 1-month-old abandoned near a freeway, facing oncoming traffic.
Someone changed the boy’s diaper. Calls were made to 911.
The child appeared perfectly healthy. He wasn’t fussing. He was scooped up and placed inside a car, away from the scorching sun and temperatures hovering in the 90s.
When police arrived Saturday, they found more than $5,000 in cash stuffed in the car seat, as well as a Social Security card, authorities said.
First responders said the infant could not have been out in the elements for more than 30 minutes. He was given a clean bill of health at a local hospital and placed in the care of social workers.
Police say they located the child’s mother through family members and that she was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
Police are investigating how and why the infant was left on the roadside.
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