Within seconds, Julia says she was facing a parent’s worst nightmare.
She, her boyfriend, and the four kids between them, took an Uber back to his place from a Toronto Raptors game during March Break because of a flat tire.
Julia’s five-year-old daughter fell asleep in the far back row during the ride. Once they arrived, and before getting out of the vehicle, the couple discussed aloud their plan for how to unload everyone.
Julia would grab the garage door opener from her car so they could all get inside the house, while her boyfriend started unloading the other three kids, their car seats and winter coats from the Uber. Julia would then carry her sleeping daughter out of the vehicle once the path to the back seat was clear.
“I’m returning to the road and I realized the car, it’s gone,” she said.
“I remember looking up and down …