Central Florida police have arrested a daycare worker after a child was found locked inside a van.

Officers said Cheryl Hannah had taken a group of children to the ViaPort mall in Leesburg, but allegedly left a three-year-old girl locked inside the van.

A passerby heard the child crying and was able to get her out.

She is expected to be okay.

Police said temperatures in the van had reached 117 degrees.

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