Police: Children found on busy highway alone, smacked around
Gastonia—A 5-year-old boy and his 3-year-old sister were found alone trying to stop traffic on a very busy New Hope Road just before noon Sunday in an apparent attempt to cross the four-lane highway and make it to Eastridge Mall. The children were later both hit in the face with the back of their father’s hand right in front of a Gastonia Police officer, according to Daniel Byrd, whom police list as a witness to the events. Byrd was returning to […]
