Daytona Beach, Florida – A child was accidentally left in a locked rental car when her grandfather brought her back to a Central Florida airport, authorities said Tuesday, only to be discovered by an employee 45 minutes later.
The girl, who is under two years old, was found in a car in the return yard by a Hertz employee at Daytona Beach International Airport Monday night, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
“The child was frightened and hot, but fortunately was in good health when paramedics examined him,” the mayor’s office said in a statement. “The deputies arrived to find the clerk holding the child whose face was warm and full of dry tears, but he was breathing normally.”
Shortly after the girl’s discovery, her mother called to say her father had accidentally left her daughter in the rental car while she was caring for her and was on her way to be reunited with her daughter, the sheriff’s office said.
Grandfather was charged with child neglect.
The sheriff’s office said the grandfather “was remorseful and cooperative with the deputies.”
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