HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A case of alleged child neglect has a mom in serious trouble and total strangers shocked.

Huntington Police say Christiana Bradshaw was away from her home in the 800-block of 5th Street West for about 40 minutes to run errands and left her kids alone.

About 4:20 Tuesday afternoon, her 4-year-old autistic twin sons were spotted wandering in an intersection outside their home -- wearing only diapers.

Philip Frank was driving home when he saw cars swerving to avoid hitting the kids. He says he pulled over and took one of the kids out of the road while the other one ran off the street.

“The kids would have gotten hit,” Frank said. “Traffic was coming every way."

Police say Bradshaw had barricaded her sons in a toy room, but they'd managed to get out. They also say she left the door of a hot stove open to keep the house warm, which the kids had to walk by to get out of the house.

"I don't want to be charged with it, but I understand given the situation what it is,” Bradshaw said before she was arraigned at magistrate court. “I'm not a person that neglects my kids by no means."

She says as bad as her present situation is, she's grateful her sons weren't hurt.

"I'm relieved they weren't hit by a car,” she said. “Them being autistic, they don't have any judgment. They just run."

Bradshaw is charged with child neglect creating risk of injury. Her bond is set at $100,000. She's being held in the Western Regional Jail.

She says her twins are staying with a social worker who has worked with them on a regular basis, which she says is relieving because being autistic, they don’t do well with strangers.

Police say Bradshaw told them she left her kids at home with her friend, but they haven't been able to confirm if that's true, or if the friend even exists.

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