This is the dramatic moment police in Santa Rita, Buenos Aires, Argentina rescue a three-year-old boy from a locked and overheated car after being left by his father on January 26.

Officers from the Buenos Aires City Police had to smash the windows to get the little boy out so that he would not die in the burning hot temperature inside. The drama began when several residents noticed the child was locked in the vehicle without any type of ventilation, so they decided to call the police.

Officers arrived and found the three-year-old boy left alone in the Renault Scenic parked by the roadside in the midst of the intense prevailing heat. Despite searching for the boy's parents and even sounding the alarm, nobody came to claim him. So one of the officers decided to break the glass on the front left door to rescue the child, as can be seen in the video.

Paramedics arrived soon after to examine the boy and determined he luckily did not need to be hospitalized.

Only minutes later, the kid's father showed up and was notified upon his arrival that he would be investigated for possible child abandonment.

It is not clear whether the boy was allowed to be taken back home with his father or what the father had been doing.

This footage was filmed and produced 26 January 2023.

Police rescue a child locked up inside a vehicle in Santa Rita, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.

This is the dramatic moment police in Argentina rescue a three-year-old boy from a locked and overheated car after being left by his father.

Officers from the Buenos Aires City Police had to smash the windows to get the little boy out so that he would not die in the burning hot temperature inside. The drama began when several residents noticed the child was locked in the vehicle without any type of ventilation, so they decided to call the police.

Officers arrived and found the three-year-old boy left alone in the Renault Scenic parked by the roadside in the midst of the intense prevailing heat on 26th January. Despite searching for the boy's parents and even sounding the alarm, nobody came to claim him. So one of the officers decided to break the glass on the front left door to rescue the child, as can be seen in the video.
Paramedics arrived soon after to examine the boy and determined he luckily did not need to be hospitalised.

Only minutes later, the kid's father showed up and was notified upon his arrival that he would be investigated for possible child abandonment.
It is not clear whether the boy was allowed to be taken back home with his father or what the father had been doing.