Feucht (dpa / lby) – A man forgot his grandson in a parking lot in Middle Franconia and only noticed it at home. During a short rest on the Autobahn 6 near Feucht (Nuremberg Land district), the 61-year-old did not notice that the eleven-year-old grandson had got out of the car, the police said on Monday. The grandfather thought that the boy would continue to sleep in the back seat, they said. Grandpa and grandson had previously visited an amusement park.

Only when the 61-year-old was back home about an hour later on Sunday night did he realize that the eleven-year-old was missing. Meanwhile, a truck driver saw the lonely child in the parking lot and called the police. The grandfather finally picked up the grandson from the traffic police in Feucht.