Police officers have slammed an 'unacceptable' driver who didn't wear a seatbelt and let a one-year-old child lay on the passenger's lap.

       Cops say they were waiting at a red light in Blackburn, Lancs,. when a vehicle, whose driver and passenger wasn't wearing seatbelts, pulled up next to them.

       They then spotted a one-year-old girl was lying across the back seat passenger's lap and wasn't in her car seat - 'all because she cried.'

       A Lancashire Road Police spokesperson said the drivers actions were 'unacceptable' and said the pair have been summoned to court.

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       They said: "Traffic officer in a fully marked car sat at a red light in Blackburn, shocked to see a car pull up alongside him."

       "Empty car seat, driver no seatbelt, rear seat passenger no seatbelt with a one-year- old child across her lap asleep all because she cried.

       "Unacceptable. Summoned to court."