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Officer breaks window to rescue child from hot vehicle, makes arrangements to pay for damage
In the end, enough funds were donated to cover the cost
Island Heights Police Department
and last updated 2021-07-19 13:29:52-04
ISLAND HEIGHTS, N.J. â A New Jersey police officer broke the window of a vehicle to rescue a child that was locked inside on a hot day and then made arrangements to pay for the damage, according to his department.
The Island Heights Police Department said in a Facebook post that Patrolman Rocco Mellott was dispatched to the vehicle on River Ave. on July 12.
I don’t understand how you can leave a child in a hot car. How does this happen? You got into the car with the kid, strapped him/her into the baby seat, saw their happy face in the rearview mirror as you drove. But then you become so absent-minded that you park the car, AND you forget they’re still in the car! STOP!
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posts staggering stats on their website. 890 children have died due to being left in a hot car, since 1998. Fifty-three child deaths in 2018. Fifty-three child deaths in 2019. Twenty-five child deaths in 2020 and seven deaths, to date in 2021.