Child in critical condition after being left in hot car

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Youngster in vital situation after being left in scorching automobile; mother charged, police say

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A toddler is in vital situation after being left unattended and strapped in a automobile seat in a scorching automobile, in response to the Greensboro Police Division.On Saturday, at roughly 12:12 p.m., police, the Greensboro Fireplace Division, and Guilford County EMS had been referred to as to Arlington Road. Officers mentioned the kid was discovered within the automobile and brought to the hospital. As of this Sunday morning, the kid stays in vital situation.Jayla Department, 25, was arrested and charged with felony little one abuse–severe bodily harm, after investigators mentioned she left her little one “strapped in a automobile seat unattended inside a automobile that was not operating throughout extraordinarily excessive temperatures,” in response to court docket paperwork. Department is within the Guilford County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

GREENSBORO, N.C. —

A toddler is in vital situation after being left unattended and strapped in a automobile seat in a scorching automobile, in response to the Greensboro Police Division.

On Saturday, at roughly 12:12 p.m., police, the Greensboro Fireplace Division, and Guilford County EMS had been referred to as to Arlington Road.

Officers mentioned the kid was discovered within the automobile and brought to the hospital.

As of this Sunday morning, the kid stays in vital situation.

Jayla Department, 25, was arrested and charged with felony little one abuse–severe bodily harm, after investigators mentioned she left her little one “strapped in a automobile seat unattended inside a automobile that was not operating throughout extraordinarily excessive temperatures,” in response to court docket paperwork.

Department is within the Guilford County Jail on a $250,000 bond.