Baby left in shopping trolley after parents drive home before they realise he is missing

Shoppers were stunned to find a baby sitting placidly in a trolley, after his parents had forgotten him at the supermarket.

Shoppers found the four-month-old sitting placidly in a shopping trolley, after his parents accidentally left him at the supermarket. Picture: Newsflash

This is the moment a baby was left in a shopping trolley at a supermarket after its parents drove home before realising their mistake.

The four-month-old boy was found alone in the child seat of a trolley at a supermarket a few days ago in Lages, Brazil.

Locals who found the infant alerted the supermarket’s security guards and the police.

A baby was left alone at a supermarket accidentally by its parents. Picture: Newsflash

One passer-by who recorded the incident can be seen asking the baby where its parents were.

They said: “Have they left you here?

“I’ve called security … Where are your mummy and daddy?

“Where? Where are your forgetful mother and father?”

However, when the police arrived at the scene, the child’s parents had already turned up.

The couple told the officers they left the store, loaded their shopping and drove home without putting their son in the car.

They explained that they rushed back to the car park as soon as they realised they left their baby there.

The police decided the parents had already suffered enough and did not take the matter further.

The couple drove back to the store as soon as they realised their mistake. Picture: Newsflash

Despite being temporarily abandoned, the child appeared to be fine and was filmed smiling by one of the people who found him.

The supermarket company, Fort Atacadista, where the incident took place downplayed it in a statement.

They wrote: “In a few minutes everything went back to normal and was resolved.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission