Boys aged 1 and 3 survive alone for 2 days after losing mother in car crash

A pair of toddlers are being cared for after surviving alone for two days following a car accident in the US.

The children, aged three and one, lost their mother in the crash which happened on a motorway near the city of Camden in the state of Arkansas. Local police confirmed that they found the three-year-old boy wandering the road alone. An image of the little boy, named Kyman, was released by police on Monday and it was discovered that his mother had not been seen for several days.

Please help the Ouachita County Sheriff’s Department identify this child. The child was located on Highway 24 in Camden, Arkansas near Harvey’s Grocery. If you have any information please contact the sheriffs office at 870-231-5300. pic.twitter.com/LQuUw02Khw

— Camden Police Department (@PoliceCamden) August 20, 2018

The police launched a search and found a car of off the road nearby, overturned in a ravine. The boy's  one-year-old brother was found strapped into a car seat inside. Kyman had escaped the car through its sunroof after the accident and had gone to get help. The children's mother, named as 25-year-old Lisa Holliman, had been thrown from the car in the crash and had died, according to USA Today. It's thought that the children had gone two days without food or water. The younger boy was taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital and treated for a number of non-life threatening conditions including potential dehydration. Both boys are expected to recover fully. Their grandparents are in the process of adopting the boys, reports NBC. Their story is especially incredible given the summer heat and humidity, said Detective Nathan Greeley of the Ouachita County Sheriff's Office. "Today is anything but short of a miracle," he told KATV.