Autistic Boy Saved after Driving Toy Car onto Bronx River Parkway

A 6-year-old autistic boy reportedly drove a toy vehicle Sunday onto the Bronx River Parkway near his home in Mount Vernon, but was saved by quick-acting people who spotted him, according to the New York Post.

The incident occurred at about 7 p.m. on the Oak Street on-ramp to the thruway when the child managed to evade his grandmother and drive the toy car in the way of traffic.

Motorists quickly stopped and used their cars to shield the child, wrote the Post’s Joe Tacopino, and one driver jumped out of his car and helped guide the boy to safety.

“He definitely had some guardian angels out there,” Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O’Leary told the Post.

The uninjured boy was taken to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital for observation, according to The Journal News, but was released.