Shocking footage shows young child walking into traffic after escaping from carers

Two young children who escaped carers at a northern suburbs childcare centre were found walking onto a busy road. Picture: 9News

Shocking footage has emerged of two toddlers at a busy main road after making a get away from a Blair Athol childcare centre on Monday morning.

The heart-stopping incident was captured on dashcam footage obtained by 9News, and shows one of the young children standing on the footpath and the other walking into traffic.

Shocking dashcam vision has captured the moment two children wander into traffic on one of Adelaide’s busiest roads. Picture: 9News

Soon after, staff from Goodstart Early Learning in Blair Athol are seen running through a break in the fence, one rushing to take the toddler off the road.

Both of the boys are aged two.

In a statement, the centre said that three educators were supervising nine children in the area at the time, with one raising the alarm after noticing two children were no longer in the outdoor area.

“The educator found the fence panel could be pushed open and swiftly followed the children,” the statement said.

“At the same time an educator arriving for work also saw the children, who were immediately returned to the centre unharmed.”

The centre stated that a visual safety check of the outdoor area had been done before children were allowed to use it “but it seems the damage to the fence panel was missed as it was screened by bamboo” - where the children were playing.

“The fence was quickly secured after the incident,” the statement said.

“The safety of children in our care is our first priority and we are reviewing our daily safety checks and other procedures to ensure this type of incident is never repeated.”

The two children escaped from a daycare centre through a hole in the fence, before staff came to their rescue. Picture: 9News

The incident is now the subject of an internal investigation.”

Goodstart said it has apologised to the families of the children involved in the incident and will be fully co-operating with the regulator.

The SA Education Standards Board has been notified of the incident, 9News reported.

“Safety wraps around everything and we have a designated Safety Champion in every centre to support our teams to keep safety top-of-mind and to share learnings to drive continuous improvement across the centre and the organisation,” the centre said in a statement.

“We recently introduced a new Hazard and Inspection tool, to help keep children safe, healthy and well.”