Child left in car 1 1/2 hours in 113-degree heat in Queen Creek survives

PCSO deputies had to break the back window of  this SUV at the Queen Creek Shopping Center to free a 2-year-old child who had been left in the car 1 1/2 hours.

PCSO deputies lower child's temperature in a walk-in cooler in Fry's

Thanks to a 9-1-1 call from a passerby and the quick thinking of Pinal County Sheriff's deputies, a 2-year-old girl survived being left in an SUV at Fry's parking lot in the Queen Creek Shopping Center. The temperature at 5:45 p.m., when the girl was rescued, was 113 degrees.

According to the press release from the PCSO, the SUV, parked at 155 W. Combs Road, had all its windows rolled up. The child had a drink, but based on a surveillance video, was locked in the vehicle for one-and-a-half hours. Deputies were forced to break the rear passenger window to rescue the child who had freed herself from the child safety seat.

Deputies took the little girl, who was flushed, sweating and crying, inside the Fry's Store and into a walk-in cooler where they got her temperature down.

According to the press release, the mother, 30-year-old Amber Chapman, told deputies she did not know the child was in the car, that the child's father, Stewart Chapman, must have put her in the car before she left home to go shopping. She said she thought she was only gone for 20 to 30 minutes and was shocked and near collapse when told her daughter had to be rescued from the SUV.

The child was alert, conscious and breathing when taken by ground to Banner Ironwood Hospital.

Child Protective Services  and PCSO will continue the investigation and will work with the County Attorney who will ultimately decide if charges are necessary.