UPDATED: Child Found Wandering Alone Near Highway Early Friday Morning

BOSTON, MA - A child found walking alone near I-93 early Friday morning was reported reunited with his parents a few hours later.

The boy, age four or five, was spotted by an MBTA employee walking alone on Columbia Road in Dorchester by the JFK UMass station just after 3 a.m Friday morning. That employee notified officials and the child was transported by EMS to a local hospital.

Despite his early a.m. walk, the child was reportedly unharmed, and his parents .

Patch will bring you more information as it becomes available.