Cab driver finds toddler wandering in road

A three-year-old boy was safely returned to his home after cab driver Muhammad Azam found him wandering the streets in nothing but a diaper at about 4:00 a.m. Thursday.

Muhammad Azam said thought he saw a ghost around 4:00 a.m. Thursday, but the Duffy's taxi driver quickly realized it was no ghost.

A 3-year old boy had left his house by himself, and wandered out into the street in the area of Gateway and Antrim roads.

Azam looked around to see if there was anyone with the child, and when he realized there wasn't, he got out of the car and asked the boy if he was okay.

Azam says the three-year-old pointed towards the area where he lived but quickly got confused so Azam called police.

After about 25 minutes, police returned the boy to his home which they say was only half a block away.

Until police arrived, Azam, who has four children of his own, covered the boy with a jacket because the 3-year-old was only wearing a diaper at the time.

Azam says he doesn't know who the family is, but he has a feeling the boy was just sleep walking, and got out while his family slept.

Police say the toddler was returned safely to his home and they checked to make sure the home was fit for a child, and say it's a stable family environment.

-with files from CTV Winnipeg's Cheryl Holmes