Three Children Wander Away From Day Care

Police are investigating after the children got away from a day care center unnoticed by employees.

Florence Police Dept. photo.

(Florence, Ky.) - Florence Police are investigating after three toddlers wandered away from their day care center. 

Officers were called last night to Turfway Road after a passing driver spotted the children and stopped to help them. 

The three-year-old kids had walked away from Little Friends Childcare through an unlocked gate and were gone for nearly 15 minutes.

Two employees of the day care facility has been suspended.

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