Mother arrested after 4-month-old baby left in hot car for 2 hours in Tulare County

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As the excessive vigor question continues, an probe is underway aft a four-month-old babe was near successful the backmost of a car for 2 hours.

It happened conscionable earlier 1:30 Tuesday day successful Tulare County.

When deputies arrived, they accidental the car was turned disconnected and each the doors & windows were closed.

First responders treated the four-month-old connected scene, wherever she was past rushed to the hospital.

The young babe has since been released.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating however and wherefore the babe was near there.

"I'm not definite precisely however it became noticed that the babe was not wrong the home," said Ashley Ritchie with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office. "I bash cognize that the gramps was the 1 that called 911."

When deputies recovered the baby, she was responsive and conscious.

But besides precise lethargic. Ritchie said they're optimistic that the young miss volition beryllium okay.

"That truly is simply a occurrence for a four-month-old babe to beryllium stuck successful a blistery car connected 1 of the hottest days of the twelvemonth for much than 2 hours," said Ritchie. "For her to past that is, successful my opinion, a miracle."

Deputies took the 30-year-old parent into custody wherever she was booked into Tulare County Jail for kid endangerment.

"Obviously kid protective services volition behaviour its ain probe to spot what the adjacent steps request to be," said Ritchie.

Almost 2 weeks ago, Clovis constabulary arrested different parent for kid endangerment, aft she near her 18-month-old kid successful a blistery car.

It happened astatine a McDonald's connected Willow and Nees.

"She had an older kid with her," said Sgt. Abby Padgett with the Clovis Police Department. "They went wrong for astir 20 minutes to devour and they near an babe kid successful the blistery car."

Police said that's erstwhile a acrophobic national noticed the car was turned disconnected and the windows were somewhat down.

Paramedics checked retired the child, and said the babe was lukewarm but healthy.

Both children were fixed to their begetter by Child Protective Services.

"With these temperatures cars tin vigor up precise quickly," said Sgt. Padgett. "They tin vigor up to deadly levels."

Numbers from Kids and Cars Safety show, nationwide this year, 9 children died aft being near successful a blistery car. One of the deaths happened successful San Diego County.

"Children tin really vigor up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult," said Dr. Hailey Nelson, a pediatrician astatine Valley Children's Hospital. "That's truly wherefore it's truthful unsafe for them."

With much triple digit temperatures ahead, Dr. Nelson, is stressing this reminder for families:

"In summation to ever being cautious erstwhile we're transporting our children and taking them retired of the car locking your conveyance is truly important," said Nelson. "So a kid can't spell play successful there."

Clovis Police say, if you spot a kid oregon favored stuck wrong a blistery car, telephone 911 close away.

The bureau besides adds to marque definite you enactment with the conveyance and look for immoderate signs of heat-related distress.

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