Missing 5 year old boy found with life threatening head injury near Train tracks

Peel Paramedics report that Davion Dawns, a missing five-year-old boy from Brampton has been found and has a life-threatening head injury.

The boy found just before 7 a.m. Thursday close to the train tracks. He was reported missing in the McHardy Court and McMurchy Avenue area, near Queen Street and McLaughlin Road.

Update
Located missing 5 year old
At 6:59 a.m. close to train tracks.
Transported to hospital extent of injuries unknown.#PRPMP P180270089 #Brampton

— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) July 19, 2018

The boy was put in an ambulance and was rushed to hospital. His mother ran to the area where her child was found and collapsed as officers held her back from the ambulance. Family and friends were consoled by officers before heading to hospital.

According to police, the boy’s mother last saw her son at 2 a.m. But when she woke up later, her son was gone and the front door was open. Police were called just after 6 a.m.

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