CHICAGO _ A 2-year-old girl who was in a car when someone took it from outside a Chicago restaurant was found safe in the car and has been reunited with her family, police said Sunday morning.
The girl was taken to St. Mary's Hospital "as a precaution," police said.
Police had been looking for the white Kia after it was taken with the girl inside around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in front of a restaurant in the 3900 block of West Roosevelt Road, according to Chicago police.
A 28-year-old woman told police she left her white 2018 Kia Forte running with the baby asleep in the back seat while the woman picked up food. When she returned, the car was gone, police said.
A witness told officers that the Kia, which had the Georgia license plate number RKR7648, fled east on Roosevelt before turning south on Independence Boulevard, police said.
The car was found in the 3900 block of West Polk Street, police said.
No arrests were made as of Sunday morning. Area North detectives were investigating.
