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(July 20, 2015) – A woman in Kansas captured on camera the dramatic rescue of a toddler left in a locked car on a sweltering day.
Kristy Scales told ABC News that she had just come out of a store at a shopping center in Merriam, Kansas, after 4 p.m. Saturday, when she saw people running to a car, screaming for help. A baby was locked in the car alone.
“It was just scary,” she said.
Sarah Oropeza told local station KCTV5 that when she saw in the child in the car after she ran out of a Famous Footwear store she manages, she banged on the window for several minutes with multiple objects before she could crack it.
“The windows were totally rolled up, all the doors were locked. She was covered in sweat,” she said, referring to the child inside.
Oropeza did not immediately return ABC News’ phone calls seeking additional comment.
Merriam Police said that it was 91 degrees that day with a heat index of 101 degrees. Two adults said they had left the child in the car for only four minutes, according to a police statement.
“The child was screaming and extremely sweaty,” the police statement said. “The citizen took action and broke out a window and got the child out. The child was checked out by medical personnel.”
