A TODDLER was found in just a nappy and sock standing beside a main road on his own.

A woman saw the boy this morning on the A40 near Risinghurst, Oxford close to her home and reported him to the police.

It comes after a lost toddler was found naked and muddy wandering the streets of Oxford last week.

The woman's son, who has asked not to be named, said: "Mum spotted the boy beside the A40 near Risinghurst at around 9am this morning. Police were called. The boy was wearing a nappy, one sock and nothing else.

"He didn’t communicate at all but her (the man's mum) and two other passers-by kept him safe and warm until police arrived and eventually took him away.

"He couldn’t of travelled far as he wasn’t cold despite not having clothes."

The man says when his mum flagged down a police car, they had to wait around 45 minutes for another police car to come with a child seat.

He added: "Strange thing was, it was an hour from the time she spotted him until the police car took him away. No frantic parent to be seen. Where did he arrive from? He couldn’t of travelled far.

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"He would of been freezing dressed in a nappy and just one sock. My mum actually thought he looked healthy and well nourished."

Officers attended the scene and the child is now safe and well.

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and remains in police custody.