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OPP Rescue Child Locked In Hot Car In Temiskaming Shores, Ont.; Woman Charged

The Canadian Press, 05 Jul, 2018 01:02 PM

TEMISKAMING SHORES, Ont. — Ontario provincial police say a woman has been charged after officers rescued a child locked in a hot car.

Police say they received a call Wednesday afternoon reporting a small child locked in a vehicle in Temiskaming Shores, Ont.

When officers arrived, they were told the child had been in the vehicle for approximately 20 minutes.

The officers broke a window and rescued the child from what they described as "extreme heat."

The child was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

A 20-year-old woman is charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life and is to appear in court in Haileybury, Ont., on July 24.

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