THE GATE ESCAPE: 18-Month-Old Tot Flees Nursery School In Nappy

This is how an 18-month-old toddler was found wandering the freezing streets in nothing but her nappy after she escaped through the gates of a private nursery school in Russia.

CCTV footage of the incident shows how the toddler – who had only recently learned to walk – was found wandering the streets by a delivery cyclist.

The man stopped and appeared to question the girl before an elderly woman wandered over and he can be seen pointing towards where the child came from.

After discussing the matter a little further, the man picked up the child and, accompanied by the woman, can be seen walking back towards where the child had come from.

A toddler in a diaper wanders around the street after escaping from a kindergarten in Kirov, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. A courier took the toddler in his arms and carried the toddler to safety. (Newsflash)

It was later revealed that the girl had escaped from a private nursery school on Chapaev Street, in the city of Kirov, in western Russia’s Kirov Oblast region, on Friday, 11th November.

The deliveryman and the woman, both unnamed, reportedly went to her apartment and she then called an ambulance and the police.

The tot was examined by doctors and determined that she was in good health before the police handed the child over to her parents.

The nursery school employees only noticed that the child was missing an hour after she had escaped, according to local media.

Locals have reportedly accused the nursery school of negligence.

The child reportedly managed to escape during quiet time when a teacher left a door open when she went outside. She reportedly did not notice that the tot was missing upon returning.

A toddler in a diaper wanders around the street after escaping from a kindergarten in Kirov, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. A courier took the toddler in his arms and carried the toddler to safety. (Newsflash)

The child’s father, who has not been named, reportedly believes that the staff might have put his daughter outside on purpose as a punishment.

The Kirov prosecutor’s office is quoted in Russian media as saying: “The prosecutor’s office of the Kirov region […] revealed a video recording of the events of the abandonment of a minor under the responsibility of a private kindergarten in Kirov.

“This served as the basis for the prosecutor’s office to check compliance with laws on the protection of life and health of minors. The results of the check are under the personal control of the regional prosecutor.”

A toddler in a diaper wanders around the street after escaping from a kindergarten in Kirov, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. A courier took the toddler in his arms and carried the toddler to safety. (Newsflash)

Alexander Sokolov, the regional governor, said that the incident was shocking and that the nursery school was operating out of a basement and without proper licences. He thanked the woman and the courier who rescued the child.

It is currently unclear what penalties the staff at the nursery school face.

The average weather forecast for the city of Kirov currently ranges from minus 4 degrees Celsius to minus 12 degrees Celsius this week.