Peel police rescued a toddler from a locked car in the parking lot of a Mississauga mall late Sunday afternoon.

At around 4 p.m., Peel Police received a report of two dogs trapped inside a locked vehicle at a mall on Argentia Rd. in the Winston Churchill Blvd. and Highway 401 area.

While attempting to locate the vehicle with the two dogs, an officer noticed a vehicle with a young child in it near the Urban Barns store on the west side of Winston Churchill. The officer broke the car’s window and rescued the child, who is believed to be about two-years-old, according to Peel Police

Police managed to locate the child’s mother in the mall and called an ambulance as a precaution.

They are still on scene investigating. There is no word if charges will be laid.

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