15-month-old child found abandoned in ditch near Hastings

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Adams County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a child was found abandoned in a ditch near Hastings last week.

At around 8 a.m. on Oct. 4, a person found the 15-month-old child in a ditch along Marian Road, just south of Hastings.

Deputies, along with Hastings Fire and Rescue, responded to the scene, and the child was taken to Mary Lanning Hospital.

The sheriff’s department said “a criminal investigation” has been launched to find whoever is responsible.

The Nebraska State Patrol, Hastings Police Department and the Department of Health and Human Services are assisting in the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 402-461-7181.

“The safety and well-being of the child is our top priority,” the sheriff’s department said in a Facebook post.