A Louisiana mother was arrested on Monday after authorities claim she left her 1-year-old toddler locked in her car on Williams Boulevard in Kenner, La., according to WVUE.
According to authorities, the incident occurred on Nov. 27, shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday, when officers from the Kenner authorities Department responded to reports from spectators that the youngster was attempting to jump out of the car through the sunroof.
“Had the child exited the car through the sunroof, a fall from that height may have been lethal. This is a crime. Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley told WVUE, “I can’t stress that enough.”
According to WVUE, officers were able to remove the child out of the vehicle unharmed. The mother, Azreil Rahman, was apprehended at a local retail store on allegations of child abandonment, according to authorities.
“Thank you to everyone who phoned 911 and cared about this baby’s welfare. Had he gotten out of the car through the sunroof, a fall from that height could have been lethal. There are no words to express our outrage and disgust about this, so we will leave it at that, stated Chief Conley. This is a crime. “I can’t stress that enough,” the Kenner Police Department stated on social media.
WVUE stated that the youngster was placed in the hands of family members after the mother was arrested.
According to the National Safety Council, an average of 37 children under the age of 15 are killed every year as a result of being left in a car.
“The number of child hot car deaths in 2023 was 29. So far in 2024, 37 deaths have been reported. Every year, an average of 37 children under the age of 15 die from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. Since 1998, nearly every state has reported at least one death. In both 2018 and 2019, a record number of 53 children died after being left in a hot vehicle,” according to the NSC’s website.
More than half of the fatalities investigated involved a parent or caregiver forgetting a child in the car. The majority of these deaths were caused by heatstroke, but it is still dangerous to leave a child unattended in a vehicle even when the weather is not hot.