The driver got out of the car, pulled the child away, and drove off.
This did not happen in a second.
Where was the mother? or caretaker?
Am not defending the driver, believe me, but no two year old should be allowed near the street.
Ummm.. not to state the obvious here, but it clearly says they were in a "parking lot"... not "the street."
I live across the street from a large apartment complex. The ice cream truck comes every day, in fact several times a day (even during the winter!) annoys the heck out of me. Anyway, kids flock to it, they all follow it around.. Parents give their kids money (I assume) and the kid runs out to the ice cream truck.
This is the way it's always been. Sure, some parents come out there.. but this is all within the gates, within their home.. the driver knows to creep along at 2 miles per hour (yes two miles per hour) because kids are all around him.
But, sure, if you want to blame this on the parents who don't have their child on a leash or handcuffed to a chair in their apartment, go ahead.
I'm not saying the driver is definitely at fault, either - I guess I'd want to know the circumstances a little more clearly. But having a need to wag a finger at a parent for being "negligent" is a bit much, in my opinion. This kid wasn't running around on a highway.
BF