Mom charged after baby left in hot car for 45 minutes
Posted July 15, 2019 10:39 am.
A 32-year-old Bowmanville woman has been charged after an eight-month-old baby was left alone in a hot car at a mall parking lot on Saturday.
Police were called to the scene at the Oshawa Centre parking lot just after 4:30 p.m.
Officers broke a window and got the child out of the car. The baby was taken to a local hospital for observation and is doing well.
Police said it’s believed the child was inside the vehicle for about 45 minutes.
The child’s mother has been charged with abandoning a child under 10 years of age.
The mother’s name isn’t being released to protect the identity of the child.