4-Year-Old Boy Calls 911, Says He Was Left in Hot Car with Six Other Kids

Photo: Charles County Sheriff’s Office

A Maryland woman has been charged after seven children were found left alone inside a parked car while she was shopping.

The boy was the eldest child in the car and told the dispatcher he didn’t know where they were. Through GPS tracking, the dispatcher was able to locate the vehicle at the St. Charles Towne Center. When deputies arrived, they found seven children in the vehicle ranging in age from two to four years old.

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Ten minutes later, the driver, a 37-year-old woman, came outside. Officers determined she was shopping in the mall for 20 minutes.

The woman had left the car’s doors unlocked but did not roll the windows down, according to WJLA. She has not been identified. The vehicle, a black sedan, only had one seat inside.

source: people.com