Dispatchers got a call Thursday night that the toddler was missing and found him safe minutes later in the middle of the fairground, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
The boy's family said their home was about a block and a half from the fairgrounds and he had seen the rides being set up during the previous days.
Foster said the child drove the tractor down the sidewalk, through a back gate and navigated through a heavy crowd there for motocross races before he arrived at the Tilt-a-Whirl, which he wanted to ride.
However, before he got on the ride, State Rep. Brian Johnson, a former Islanti County deputy, saw him and determined the boy was alone. Johnson flagged down a deputy, who helped reunite the boy with his father.
The father suspended his son's driving privileges by pulling out the tractor's battery.
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