Lancashire driver arrested for having toddler asleep on knee while driving
Neither the passenger nor driver were wearing seatbelts.
A driver has been summonsed to court after police officers discovered a toddler asleep on a passenger's knee in a car waiting at a red light.
Lancashire Police said the incident occurred in Blackburn on Monday, when the vehicle pulled up alongside officers, who were in a marked car.
Neither the passenger nor driver were wearing seatbelts.
They told officers the child had been taken out of her car seat because she had cried - an action the force said was "unacceptable".
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: "Traffic officer in a fully marked car sat at a red light in Blackburn, shocked to see a car pull up alongside him.
“Empty car seat, driver no seatbelt, rear seat passenger no seatbelt with a 1yr old child across her lap asleep all because she cried. Unacceptable. Summoned to court."