York Regional Police have charged the mother of a 2-year old girl with child abandonment after the toddler was found locked inside a vehicle Thursday in Markham.

Police said they discovered the girl in a plaza at Woodbine Ave. and 16th Ave. around 11:30 a.m. and pried the car window down with a baton and got the door open.

The girl has been taken to hospital.

Police said they are trying to determine how long the child was left in the vehicle.

A 2-year-old boy was also found dead Wednesday after being left inside the family’s sweltering car in Milton. Halton Regional Police said the boy had been left in the vehicle for a “significant portion of the day.”

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