Cop rescues 1 year old from locked car in Texas

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Duncanville, Texas — On August 17, 2020 Duncanville Police Officers responded to a call of a child left alone in a vehicle in the 900 Block of Gemini Avenue in Duncanville. The officer arrived and located a Ford Explorer that had a child in a child safety seat located in the back seat behind the drivers’ seat. The officer could hear the child crying and observed the child sweating profusely and covered in vomit. The officer notified dispatch, requested a Duncanville Fire Department medic be dispatched as he attempted to enter the vehicle. The officer was forced to break out the front passenger window to enter the vehicle to retrieve the child. The child was removed from the vehicle and placed inside an airconditioned squad car until the medics arrived on location to evaluate the child. The child was approximately 1 year of age. The mother of the baby was identified and arrived on scene with the child’s grandmother, and two of the child’s older siblings. The incident was reported to Child Protective Services as well as to a Dallas County Grand Jury to determine if civil or criminal charges should be filed.

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