Toddler flees home and walks a mile

A "RESOURCEFUL" toddler in the Var fled the family home and managed to walk a mile along a busy road before he was stopped by police.

The 22-month-old boy decided to stretch his legs and left the house in Six-Fours-les-Plages, near Toulon, on Saturday evening while his father slept.

He walked along a main road through an industrial estate for 1.5km, eventually reaching the neighbouring town of La-Seyne-sur-Mer.

A driver and a motorcyclist alerted police, who picked him up and took care of him until the father called five hours later to report his son missing.

The boy's parents told Var-Matin that they were "not astonished", as their child was "very resourceful, can get over obstacles and has been walking since he was 10 months old".

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