A mother and father were arrested after a neighbor discovered them passed out in a hot vehicle with their baby in the backseat Sunday afternoon.
The incident happened in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue in Charleston, according to police.
Sergeant Christopher Burford of the Charleston Police Department said three adults in the vehicle were passed out because of a heroin overdose. Drug paraphernalia also was found in the vehicle.
A woman was walking by the vehicle and reportedly heard the screams of a child. When she approached the vehicle, a door was said to be open. After a failed attempt to wake the adults, she retrieved the child and notified authorities.
Burford said the child, who is ten months old, is safe and unharmed.
The father is in the hospital under police custody. He was administered Narcan on the scene, Burford said, a medication that combats the effects of an opioid overdose.
The mother is currently awaiting arraignment on child neglect charges, Burford said.
A third person, said to be a friend of the mother and father, has been released.
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