A Colorado mother has defended herself after she was charged with child abuse for leaving her toddler in a 135F while she went to a tanning salon. Continue reading after the jump.
Imene Nouis, 31, said it was ‘just a misjudgement’ after police found the child left inside the hot car in Parker.
‘It’s like anybody that drinks and drives and ends up hurting, injuring, or killing somebody. Are they bad people? No. Will they be blamed for it? Yes,’ Nouis told 9News.
‘As a human, tell me one person that hasn’t made a mistake,’ she added. ‘Thank God it wasn’t a detrimental mistake.’
Police were called on Thursday at around 1:15pm to the tanning salon after someone reported seeing the child left alone in the hot vehicle.
Officers removed the child from the car and then had to get a salon employee to get the mother out of a tanning bed to speak to her.
‘This situation could have turned out a lot worse than it was,’ police spokesman Sherry Corcoran told Fox 31. ‘The car was actually off. The windows were rolled up.’
Nouis had been in the tanning bed for 12 minutes when she was removed.
‘Due to the temperatures and temperatures in the car they thought it proper she be cited for child abuse,’ Ms Corcoran said.
The outside temperature was 86F, but inside the vehicle police measured the temperature at 135F.
Nouis was cited for child abuse and released with her baby daughter.
