Child wanders into traffic on busy Sylmar street

Child wanders onto busy street in Sylmar

A Good Samaritan came to the rescue, putting herself in danger to help save the child.

LOS ANGELES - Scary video out of Sylmar shows the terrifying moment a toddler without shoes on runs out into the middle of the street and almost gets hit by several cars. 

Good Samaritans quickly came to the rescue, with one of them putting herself in danger to help save the child. 

"There were like four cars coming, fast, and I literally just swerved into oncoming traffic, I beeped, I started honking because I needed to get everyone's attention," Lily Ventura said.

She and another driver were able to pull over, jump out, and grab the child before anything happened. 

Witnesses say the person taking care of the child left the front door open. 

It's unclear if any charges were filed.