A mother has been charged after leaving her toddler in a sweltering car in the Queensland heat as she allegedly went inside to buy cigarettes.
An 18-month-old boy was spotted by another shopper in the back of his mother’s car in a Gold Coast shopping centre.
The child was trapped for more than 30 minutes on Thursday before emergency services smashed the back window to free him. His mother, 28, returned another half hour later.
A mother has been charged after leaving her toddler in a sweltering car in the Queensland heat as she allegedly went inside to buy cigarettes
An 18-month-old boy was spotted by another shopper in the back of his mother’s car in a Gold Coast shopping centre
The boy was first found at around midday at the Southport Australia Fair, who was clearly distressed in the tropical heat.
A shopper alerted ambulances and the fire department, who arrived to rescue the poor child.
The Gold Coast will reach a maximum of 26 degrees on Thursday, but would be considerably hotter inside a car.
The woman was reportedly inside the centre attending a doctor and buying cigarettes, but the details of the incident are yet to be confirmed.
The woman was reportedly inside the centre attending a doctor and buying cigarettes, but the details of the incident are yet to be confirmed
‘Did they forget that they had a child in a vehicle, or had they purposely left the child in the car to go and do their shopping?’ Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman Tony Chicco asked.
‘No obvious injuries but a little bit of dehydration from the heat of the vehicle,’ Queensland Ambulance Service’s Paul Young told Nine.
‘They’ve given him ice-blocks and bananas which have pepped him up immensely.’
The 28-year-old woman will face Southport Court at a later date charged with leaving the child unattended.
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