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Yesterday at
New Times we received a humorous incident report from the Broward Sheriff's Office media relations.
The report stated that someone had reported seeing a toddler locked in a car in Weston. But when an officer arrived, he found: "The report of a toddler in a locked car in Weston is unfounded. It was actually a woman in her 20s taking a nap in her car."
We write this post half in jest because given the extreme heat in Florida, scenarios like this should be taken seriously.
New Times' reporter Michael J. Mooney wrote a feature about
child hyperthermia, specifically in Florida. Through his research, he found that "roughly one-sixth of child hyperthermia cases in this country occur in the Sunshine State."
After the jump, we have five more things that could be mistaken for trapped toddlers. But remember, if you see what you think is a child locked in a car, call police.
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