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Shocking police footage shows a young child running across a Florida highway at night and nearly being struck by a car before a police officer takes him to safety

“I’ve got a small child running down the road ... just almost got hit by a car,” the cop can be heard saying in the video

The footage was taken in North Port on Highway 41

A shocking video shows a young child running across a Florida highway at night and nearly being struck by a car before a police officer saves him.

In footage published by the North Port Police Department, located about 50 miles north of Fort Myers, the department's Sergeant James Shield can be seen driving on Highway 41 on Tuesday, Oct. 7, when a child appears on camera, running across lanes of traffic.

The video shows the child, seemingly we

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