K9 helps locate woman and 2-year-old who fled scene of two car crash

A K9 helped police locate a woman and child who ran from the scene of an accident Saturday.

According to Charlton Police, at approximately 6:45 p.m., evening shift officers responded to the report of a two car motor vehicle crash on Route 20 at the Brookfield Road intersection.

As officers arrived, they were told by witnesses that a female operator of one of the involved vehicles had left the area with a 2-year-old child in an unknown direction.

Officers checked the open businesses in the area and the hospital to try to find the missing driver and check her well being, but were not successful.

K9 Dozer was then deployed on a track in the area of the abandoned vehicle. Dozer tracked through a yard on Brookfield Road to a wood line where a child’s coat and a bag with baby items were found. Dozer continued to track and lead Officer Gaylord to the rear of a house on Brookfield Road when he showed a change in his behavior. The area was illuminated and the involved female and child were found hiding underneath the deck of a house.

An ambulance was called to evaluate both the woman and the child.

Officer Beaudry is investigating the incident and charges will follow. Police did not release the name of the fleeing driver.