3 kids left in hot car may mean charges for mother

Police in Milton, Ont., say charges could be laidagainst the mother of three young children who were found in a car
that was parked in hot weather in a retail parking lot Wednesdayevening.

Halton Region police say they were called at about 6:45 p.m.after someone noticed the children aged between 4 and 12 in the caras it sat in full sunlight in an "expectant mother" parking space.

It was 32 Coutside at the time, although thehumidity made it feel warmer.

Police say the car had its engine turned off and all four windowswere opened about seven centimetres.

Officers persuaded the oldest child to unlock a door to get someair flowing through the car and say the youngest appeared to besleeping but was sweating profusely. The children were checked byparamedics and appeared to be suffering no ill effects.

About 11 minutes after police arrived, the 38-year-old motherreturned and explained why she left her children in the vehicle,although police have not revealed what she told them.

Police say they will review video surveillance to see how longthe children were in the vehicle before they arrived, then determinewhat charges could be laid against the unidentified woman.