Texas father arrested for allegedly leaving 5 kids in sweltering hot car without air conditioning
Fort Worth officers arrested Jose Leal on child endangerment charges
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A father has been arrested in Texas after allegedly leaving five children in a sweltering hot car.
Jose Leal, 29, was booked into Tarrant County Jail on five counts of abandonment/ endangerment of a child, FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.
Fort Worth officers responded to Littlejohn Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday after a witness called about spotting children left alone in a car.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Upon arrival, officers observed several children either asleep or unconscious in the vehicle, which was running with the engine on but did not have the air conditioning going.
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Jose Leal is facing charges after allegedly leaving five young children unsupervised in a sweltering hot car. (Tarrant County Corrections Center)
The five children – ages one, two, four, five, and six – were immediately placed in air-conditioned squad cars and transported to a hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion, CBS News reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Their conditions were not immediately known.
Temperatures hit a high of 99 degrees in Fort Worth on Sunday.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Leal, who officers reportedly nabbed in a yard to a nearby home, is being held on a $1,000 bond.