‘A dangerous situation.’ Children feet away from traffic as parents panhandle; WSMV4 Investigates tonight at 6 p.m.
Police body camera footage captured a two-year-old girl standing near multiple lanes of traffic exiting the interstate.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A disturbing scene is playing out at busy intersections across Middle Tennessee: panhandlers bringing young children dangerously close to traffic as they ask for money.
Officers call it risky behavior and WSMV4 Investigates captured multiple instances in and around Nashville.
On a Monday in April, Metro Nashville Police Department Officer Alceus responded to the I-40 West offramp at White Bridge Road. His body camera captured a two-year-old girl standing along the road just feet away from multiple lanes of traffic exiting the interstate.
The little girl was with two adult women who appeared to be panhandling.
“It is dangerous for her to be on the road,” Ofc. Alceus tells the women. “You have your two-year-old out here while you guys are panhandling. That is a big no no. She can run inside the street and she can get hit.”
In August, WSMV4 Investigates found a man, woman and child in the same spot.
“Do you think that’s safe?” WSMV4 Anchor Amanda Hara asked the man as he walked from car to car asking for money. He told her, “It’s not your problem.”
Is there anything state investigators and local police should do? A WSMV4 Investigates Monday night at 6 p.m.
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