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LANCASTER, SC —Β A toddler is in critical condition after he suffered heat stroke while playing inside a car in Lancaster. Β The family says the three-year-old got out of the house when his mother fell asleep. Β They do not know how long he was in the car Wednesday. Β The windows were up and the doors were shut. Β His grandmother made a frantic call to 911.
“He got out of the house and got into the car, and it’s hot outside,” said the boy’s grandmother. Β
“How long was he in the hot car ma’am?” asked the dispatcher.
Β “I don’t know,” she answered.
Temperatures outside were in the 90s at the time. Β Deputies say a family dog that was in the car with the boy died. Β The Department of Social Services is looking into the incident.
