Sheriff: Brevard County deputies, Walmart employees rescue 11-month-old child trapped in hot car
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Sheriff: Brevard County deputies, Walmart employees rescue 11-month-old child trapped in hot car
Updated: 8:41 PM EST March 8, 2023
ABOVE: Take a look at the main headlines. Brevard County deputies and Walmart employees sprang into action Tuesday when a child became trapped in a hot car. According to the sheriff’s office, a mother was getting her children out of the car in a Walmart parking lot when an 11-month-old was accidentally trapped inside. Deputies said that one of the children who had already got out of the car locked the doors with the keys inside. The mother quickly called for help in getting her 11-month-old out of the locked car. Brevard County deputies and three Walmart employees went to help. A responding member of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and a Walmart employee broke the windshield, the sheriff said on Facebook. They were able to open the doors and get the baby out of the car safely. “I always say it takes a community to protect a community, and this incident is a perfect example of how true that statement is,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a statement. Main headlines: ‘A giant boom’: 4 dead after 2 planes collide near Central Florida lake 3D printed rocket launch scrubbed Number of Floridians insured by Citizens Property Insurance triples as private insurers raise rates
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Brevard County deputies and Walmart employees sprang into action Tuesday when a child became trapped in a hot car.
According to the sheriff’s office, a mother in a Walmart parking lot was getting her children out of the car when an 11-month-old was accidentally trapped inside.
Sheriff’s deputies said one of the children who had already got out of the car locked the doors while the keys were inside.
The mother quickly called for help to get her 11-month-old out of the locked car.
Brevard County deputies and three Walmart employees went to help.
A responding member of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and a Walmart employee broke the windshield, the sheriff said on Facebook.
They managed to open the doors and get the baby out of the car safely.
“I always say it takes a community to protect a community, and this incident is a perfect example of how true that statement is,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a statement.
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