MILFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A woman is facing child endangerment charges after police say she left her 1-year-old in a parked car with the heater on at a Milton park on Saturday.
A state trooper patrolling Houghton Pond in Milton saw a white Chevrolet pickup truck parked in the fire lane with its engine running at 11 a.m. and found a child in a car seat in the front passenger seat, police said.
When the trooper opened the door, he felt heat coming from the heater set on high inside the driver’s side compartment and the child started to cry.
The baby was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital for observation.
The child’s mother, a 24-year-old from Boston, had allegedly left the 1-year-old in the truck for 25 minutes while she was setting up for the child’s birthday party.
The mother was issued a summons for reckless endangerment to a child and will appear in Quincy District Court. Other parents at the park were shocked that a child had been left in a car alone.
“No matter what happened, no matter where you are, no matter what… You cannot leave kids by themselves in the car outside the car,” said parent Uthman Zenmouri. “A one year old, it’s ridiculous.”
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