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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Camille Chorley

Two toddlers saved from sweltering car after father ‘left them alone for 40 minutes’

This is the moment Georgia police rescued two toddlers trapped in a hot car in a mall parking lot.

Bodycam footage shows Cobb County officers breaking the window of a vehicle outside Dick’s Sporting Goods on 4 June after a bystander called 911.

The children, found crying and improperly restrained, were left in the car for 41 minutes. The internal temperature of the vehicle reached 117 degrees (47°C).

Father J’quawn Dixon was arrested at the scene and charged with two felony counts of second-degree child cruelty.

Police thanked the citizens who called them, "Your quick action is the reason these kids are safe today.”

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