Police: Boy hospitalized after going missing from Hampden preschool

HAMPDEN, Maine (WABI) - Police say a 4-year-old boy was seriously injured and taken to the hospital after he went missing from his preschool in Hampden.

Authorities were called to Highland Preschool just before noon.

Hampden’s Public Safety Director tells TV5 by the time they arrived at the school staff had found the boy on a neighbors property.

He was given medical attention at the scene then taken to the hospital.

The boys condition is unknown.

Police did not say how the boy was seriously injured.

TV5 has reached out to authorities several times in an effort to get more information surrounding the circumstances of Monday’s events. We have not heard back and are unable to confirm anything further at this time.

We will have the latest information as it becomes available.

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