Jun 24 2009
Baby rescued from a locked car in Iowa
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/06/23/news/breaking_news/doc4a40c6c2cede9134559418.txt
UNI police rescue baby locked in car
CEDAR FALLS — A 2-month-old baby was rescued from a locked car near the University of Northern Iowa campus Monday night.
According to Jim O’Connor, spokesman for UNI, campus police were alerted to a baby locked in a hot car about 8:20 p.m., with its windows up. The car was found near the UNI soccer fields, and there were no parents around, he said.
With concern for the child’s life, officers broke out the windows to the car. The baby was taken to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. O’Connor said this morning the last he heard the baby was “doing OK.”
He did not know how long the child was in the enclosed vehicle.
According to the National Weather Service, it was 88 degrees with a heat index of 93 degrees in the area at 8 p.m. on Monday.
O’Connor said the car wasn’t parked at a place where they could make a general announcement to find the parents. He did not have information on the parents this morning.
He said the matter is still under investigation.
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This isn’t the first time some dumbwit locked their child in the car on a hot day. There is no mention as to whether the person who did it was a student though that is a possibility. Thankfully the baby was found alive and cared for. Hopefully the parent(s) will be found and arrested for the senseless stupidity of leaving a baby locked in a hot car during the summer.
