Peel police rescue child locked in hot car in Mississauga
by News Staff
Last Updated May 25, 2021 at 4:12 pm EDT
A tow truck is seen getting ready to tow a car from a parking lot on Tranmere Drive, in which a child was found locked alone on May 25, 2021. CITYNEWS/Arthur Pressick
Peel police smashed the window of a car in a Mississauga parking lot to rescue a child locked inside on Tuesday afternoon.
Police say they received a 9-1-1 call shortly before 12:30 p.m. from the area of Derry and Dixie roads.
The child was found locked in a car parked in a lot on Tranmere Drive and officers say the child was “in distress.”