A 2-month old baby was rescued from a locked car by authorities from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls after the employees discovered that the child’s parents were nowhere in sight.
The campus authorities said that they put baby safety first after discovering the child on at about 8:20 pm on a school night near the soccer fields.
Jim O’Connor, university spokesperson, said that the car windows were rolled up and that the baby’s parents were nowhere to be seen. He added that the officers had no choice but to break the windows and immediately take the child to the nearest hospital for medical checkup.
O’Connor said that the child was doing fine but could not say how long the baby had been in the car.
Weather reports that night revealed that the temperature reached 88 degrees that night which could be dangerous for a two-month old baby.
Authorities are currently investigating the matter and are now searching for the child’s parents. There’s no indication yet if charges will be filed against the parents for neglect. This incident, however, did trigger the awareness on the importance of baby safety.
