Asda shopper saves life of baby after being in left in heatwave for 30 minutes
 

Jenna Langston saw the baby 'dripping with sweat' in a car with closed windows
Boy had been left there for 30 minutes but security guard refused to break in
Police said parents were 'spoken to' over incident at Birmingham Asda store
Do you know the mother of the baby boy, or did you see what happened? Please contact ed.riley@mailonline.co.uk

A hero shopper saved a baby boy left in a supermarket car park in 88F heat - after a security guard refused to break into the vehicle over fears he would lose his job.

Jenna Langston forced the boot of the car open when she saw the three-month-old 'dripping in sweat' outside Asda in Barnes Hill, Birmingham.

The baby was left trapped inside the vehicle with no windows open during last week's searing heat.

The 33-year-old care worker says she was forced to take action after a security guard said freeing the baby would be 'breaking and entering'.

It took the little boy's mother 50 minutes to return to the vehicle, despite announcements inside the supermarket.

Ms Langston, of Kings Norton, Birmingham, said: 'I saw a guard standing by a black car and initially thought: 'I hope no-one's left a dog in there.'

'I had already heard a tannoy announcement giving a registration plate while I was inside the store and quite a bit of time had passed since then. But a guard said a baby was inside.

'I dropped my shopping and ran over to the car. I said the baby needed to come out straight away - it was 31C (88F).

'But the guard said they couldn't break in because it would be classed as breaking and entering.

'I said I didn't care and I was going to get the baby out. The guard said: "We can't help you do that. I could lose my job."

'All the doors were locked and none of the windows were open.
'I forced the boot and threw bags and everything else out to get access to the baby.

'I got myself into the boot and put my top half over the back seat. He was dripping with sweat - his babygrow was like it had been through the washing machine.

'I opened the doors to let some air in and someone else asked if I wanted to sit in their car with the baby as it had air conditioning. Then the police and paramedics arrived.

'I handed the baby over to the ambulance crew. They said he seemed fine but they had to take him to hospital.

'There was still no sign of the car driver - it had been around 50 minutes by now. Then she appeared, walking slowly back to her car.

'I screamed at her and asked what she had been thinking. I was really distressed. But she just looked at the floor.

'I'm still shaken now - I haven't slept properly for a few nights.'

The fuming shopper also wrote on Facebook after the ordeal: 'WTAF There’s some really d****** people in this world.

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very good and quick responding from that shopper, and thankfully the baby was rescued in time

Thank god there is some people with sense in this works. Good on her.

I feel really uncomfortable with the fact the mother was allowed the baby back after leaving the baby in the car for over 50 minutes let alone the fact it was in a bloody heatwave.

this happens way too much, and not Always with happy endings like now


if i would encounter a baby, or a dog in a hot parked car i would smash in the window and get him out asap

Security and other staff should be told that if they can’t break in then the police emergency should be rang straight away.

thick uneducated people have children sadly and they turn into thick uneducated people

i doubt this lady understands anything about temperature, airflow, primary school basic biology, i doubt she would know where Wales is or Ireland. I doubt she could multiply 6x7, i doubt she she can write a letter etc

i may be wrong but..

50 minutes she was away, they put out an announcement in the store as well, I hope she is charged with neglect

Whether the windows were open or it wasnt a heatwave a baby shouldnt be left in a car on its own so surely there should be police charges for the mother or taken into care

THIS is one of the cases I would prosecute. Where there is just ****ing absolute stupidity on the part of the caregiver, and tbh, very very odd behaviour...knowing you left your child in a hot car and still not going out even when the tannoy was going off looking for you, and even then just walking slowly rather than ****ing sprinting?! ..and no, I question whether 'having a talking to'is enough in a case like this D:

Also the other news story I read of this (that I cannot for the life of me find for some reason) said the security guard had the police on the phone, and the police had advised to NOT break the window as flying glass could potentially harm the child. Nothing to do with breaking and entering. That may be the guard covering their own back mind, but I would expect its verifiable.

true, that mother knew it was hot weather and still she left the baby in the car, when shopping

Maybe just
another depressed Mother?

The announcement may
not , have meant a thing to her................

at least the baby is alive

Definately something not right,yet they handed the baby straight back to her apparently :umm2:

not if the back window was smashed and its better getting cut than dying surely?

there is nothing better than a happy ending

If the back window was broken, then the glass would go right in the childs face surely.

And given the guard was actually stood on the phone to the police at the time looking at the kid...I would say there was slim chance of them dying as they were being watched, albeit in an oven, if the kid was crying..then they are not in an 'immediate' danger I wouldn't have thought. I would think police advice may be different if the kid was passed out/asleep. Ugh its horrendous to think of. But I think that my first thought on discovering something like that would be immediately smash the glass somewhere, possibly the front windscreen, not thinking at all about the risk of cuts (which I would assume on a young baby, even superficial cuts could be deadly really)

IDK, as I said the guard could well be covering their own arse.

To be fair, it's not that easy to break modern car windows, they're designed not to shatter during crashes etc. because of the danger. Your best bet if you really need to get into a car and don't car about damage, is get something in the gap between the door and roof, pry it open enough to get something ledger in, and then pull it away from the car. You should be able to bend the door of most cars enough to open the door from the inside.

You'll need a new door, though.

Yes its at a Public Supermarket
they do not trouble like that.

Yeah, this is a case of willfull neglect tbh, not like the other thread which seems very much like a genuine mistake with tragic consequences.

Maybe she forgot she'd brought the baby shopping :ninja2:

no, and if this was to be true then i'd guess the mother is very senile, since she had placed the baby in the car herself


i think, her thoughts might've been, the shopping only takes a short time, i can leave him inside the car, something like that might've been the case

so did the mother on the other thread....

"the baby will die"

"yeah but i could lose my job"

nice

choosing your job over your baby :umm2:

Rereading this link, yes it seems thats possible.

However, the story of this (it surely cannot be two seperate asdas in birmingham) I read I swear it said they had left the child in the car willingly.