The mother of a newborn baby boy left inside a drain near Sydney’s M7 motorway has been found.
The baby’s cries alerted cyclists who were riding alongside the motorway at Quaker’s Hill in Sydney’s west this morning.
He was rescued and police said it appeared the baby had been abandoned and dropped 2.5 metres through an opening in the drain.
Police believed the baby was born in hospital and after checking hospital records and doorknocking the area, they have now identified the baby’s mother as a 20-year-old Quakers Hill woman.
She is currently assisting police with inquiries at Blacktown Police Station.
The boy remains in a serious but stable condition at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.