Toddlers escape Gold Coast childcare centre and run towards main road, saved by quick-thinking passers-by

Two toddlers have escaped a childcare centre on the Gold Coast, caught by passers-by just before running onto a busy street.

Amelia Finney’s daughter Skyla, who turned two on Tuesday, is one of the two children and said the childcare centre, Okee Dokee Coomera Rivers, was unaware the children had escaped the centre.

“She got out through the back gate, she went walking down on Foxwell Road where the main road is,” Ms Finney said.

“She was seconds away — she went to take a step off the gutter to try and go onto the road.

“Obviously, she doesn’t know.

“Then an [older] girl or boy grabbed her and saved her. I’m so thankful for them.

“I didn’t get…