Baby rescued by father's desperate call home when he realized he had left him in 80F car at train station on work commute

  • Six-month-old boy was rescued from hot car at Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, after nearly three hours 
  • Boy's father was on Red Line train en route to work when he realized his child wasn't with him 
  • Firefighters broke windows in car and rushed infant to hospital with high fever  

By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:59 EST, 5 August 2015 | Updated: 00:20 EST, 6 August 2015

A 6-month-old baby was accidentally left in a car parked at a Maryland metro station as his father headed to work Wednesday morning.

The infant had spent close to three hours inside the locked vehicle at the Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring before the father called Montgomery County Police at around 10.15am.

First responders who arrived on the scene broke the windows in the vehicle and removed the baby, who was transported with Holy Cross Hospital with high fever. Temperatures outside were in the 80s at the time.

Close call:  A 6-month-old boy was rescued Wednesday morning from a hot car parked at the Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, after nearly three hours

Close call:  A 6-month-old boy was rescued Wednesday morning from a hot car parked at the Forest Glen Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, after nearly three hours

Absent-minded: The boy's 31-year-old father arrived at the station at 7am, parked his car with the baby inside and then took a Red Line train to work alone 

Absent-minded: The boy's 31-year-old father arrived at the station at 7am, parked his car with the baby inside and then took a Red Line train to work alone 

The baby's father arrived at the station by car at around 7am, left it in the parking lot and caught the 7.30am train to go to work.

It was not until the 31-year-old was on board a Red Line train that he realized his son wasn't with him and called the baby's grandparents for help, reported the station MyFox DC. 

The family members arrived at the parking lot and tried to open the car, but to no avail.

Firefighters who were summoned to the scene were able to get inside the locked car, where they discovered the baby conscious and breathing.

The father is being interviewed by Metro Transit Police, but they won't issue a citation Wednesday. The case has been referred to Child Protective Services, and prosecutors will also look into it.

An eerily similar incident took place in May in Quincy, Massachusetts, when a distraught father called 911 from a train saying he had left his one-year-old daughter inside his parked SUV after forgetting to drop her off at a day care center.

The little girl was found unharmed in the backseat by responding police officers.

Deja vu case: In May, a distraught father called 911 from a train saying he had left his one-year-old daughter inside his parked SUV a ths in Quincy, Massachusetts, lot after forgetting to drop her off at a day care center

Deja vu case: In May, a distraught father called 911 from a train saying he had left his one-year-old daughter inside his parked SUV a ths in Quincy, Massachusetts, lot after forgetting to drop her off at a day care center

 

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