Posted on 06/08/2005 2:13:01 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
Baby Found In Hot SUV, Mom Arrested Wal-Mart Employee Pulls Child From Vehicle
CEDAR HILL, Texas -- Cedar Hill police are investigating a case of a child being left inside a hot car in the parking lot of a Cedar Hill Wal-Mart.
Lt. Steve Lafferty said a female store employee removed the 2-year-old child from a sport utility vehicle at 621 Uptown Blvd., just south of FM 1382.
"She went inside [the store] … She went back out and checked on the vehicle. The child was still in the car so she removed the child from the car, took [the child] inside and contacted police," he said.
Lafferty also said the SUV reached an internal temperature of more than 100 degrees before the woman rescued the child. The infant may have been in the car for as long as 30 minutes, police said.
Police arrested the child's mother, Tomisha Gist-Terry, who had been driving the SUV.
"The driver's been arrested, at this time, for outstanding warrants. The investigation is still pending," Lafferty said.
Gist-Terry will also likely face charges relating to child-endangerment, police said.
The woman was with two other adults, all of whom went inside the Wal-Mart to shop, the lieutenant said.
The child is in state custody and being treated at Children's Medical Center Dallas, but her condition is not known.
NBC 5 reported that when found, the child was covered with sweat.
Similar Rescue Last week, firefighters had to rescue an infant in a similar situation by breaking a car window.
For more than a half-hour, the child was locked in his car seat inside a car parked near Medical City.
The baby was not seriously hurt.
Dire Consequences In 2003, 10 children died in hot cars across Texas, and state officials are trying to make sure that never happens again.
Last week, they launched the new "Look Before You Leave" campaign to remind parents and others that it is never acceptable to leave children locked inside a vehicle -- regardless of the weather.
Never leave a child or an animal in a locked car in Texas. It gets beastly hot in just a few minutes.
Combine this with the other story today about the baby starved to death in Chicago. Same comment:
Lesson from the ME generation:
"Let nothing stand in the way of your personal happiness.
To hell with all others."
Wow! This story has it ALL! Negligent mother, an SUV tie-in and in the Wal-Mart parking lot to boot!
Good Golly. That's Pulitzer material right there. /sarasm
We've done that very same things many times before. I used to run in the store for a pack of cigarettes, it took all of 45 seconds. Two of them are in their 30's now. They survived.
Hell, I used to hold my newborn cradled in my left arm as I drove the car with my right. I burped 5 of my kids on my shoulder as I drove down the highway.
And note, it was said she already had warrants out on her. Probably a crackhead. A mother of the year award candidate...>>NOT
"If the government didn't require us to put kids in the back seat, parents wouldn't forget they had children. If anyone should spend 20 years in jail, it's the legislators"
I really hope that anyone believing the above statement does not have children. Or at least straps their kids to the hood of their car where they will be sure to see them. Because it seems they need a reminder. Like when their kids are out of sight they are out of (tiny brained) mind
Hyphenated last names usually mean seriously stupid people. Case in point.
Regarding the responses to this post, it seems there are a lot of people here who can't detect sarcasm unless it's pointed out with a big, flashing neon sign.
ping
It is not stupidity, it is wickedness.
Wal-Mart. Why do so many of these happen at Wal-Mart?
What was the time this happened...it seems to be absent in the story.
This mutha needs her butt whipped IMO.....
ROFL. Thanks for noticing.
I'm not sure what time it happened but it doesn't really matter. You can't sit in a closed up car at midnight right now in this part of the woods.
Sorry to bother...it mattered to me.
Good grief, I didn't mean that in a rude way. I don't know where you're from but I thought people reading this that aren't familiar with Texas heat would be interested to know that it's also very hot at night during the summer.
I get called many different names on FreeRepublic, thank goodness I'm not as thin skinned as you.
"Tamisha"
Factual data that supports a another thread subject here on FR.
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