The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office released a video April 28 of the harrowing rescue of an 11-year-old autistic boy as he raced down a freeway.
No one was hurt in the March 1 incident, the department reported Monday.
According to the report the sheriff’s department received a call from the boy’s family just before 4:30 p.m. He had gone missing from a nearby supermarket on the 9600 block of Mission Gorge Road.
The child, who is non-verbal, was with his family when he ran out of the store, according to the sheriff’s department.
Within minutes, deputies from the Santee Sheriff’s Station started looking for the child. A sheriff’s helicopter also began making announcements to the public in the area about the boy, the department reported….