Babies in the back seat of a stolen car were dumped outside on a freezing day and rescued by an Indiana man

Two babies thrown from a stolen car are safe after an Indianapolis man spotted them waiting for a package to be delivered.

According to CBS affiliate CBS4, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a kidnapping shortly before 11 a.m. on Dec. 2. A vehicle was reported stolen with a 4-month-old and a 5-month-old in the back seat, the department said on social media.

The vehicle was located about an hour later, but the two children were not inside, CBS4 reported. The suspect was also not there.

Shortly afterward, police received a 911 call from a “good Samaritan” who spotted the babies and brought them inside. The children had been left outside. The National Weather Service said temperatures in the state that day “struggled to get above the 20s.”

The rescuer, identified by The Indianapolis Star as local resident Robert Deane, told The New York Times that the children were left in their car seats. The seats were in a ditch, he said. One child was not wearing a hat and was screaming, Deane said.

“One of them wasn’t crying, which really bothered me,” Deane told the New York Times. “The only thing I thought about was bringing her into my house and warming her up.”

Deane took the kids inside and called 911. Police said the babies were safe and were being examined by medical professionals.

The car theft remains under investigation.

Deane “did what any good person would do,” IMPD Officer William Young told The Indianapolis Star. “He took these toddlers to a shelter. That’s a result we wanted. I can’t thank this good Samaritan enough. We do not have a suspect in custody, but our next priority will be to find out who is responsible for this particular incident.”