Colorado girl smashes window to escape 150-degree car, grandfather charged

Colorado girl trapped in scorching car breaks window to escape as grandfather faces child abuse charge

A Colorado kid had to use a mallet to break out of an extremely hot car after her grandfather went to a nearby store. 62-year-old Eddie Espinoza was charged with child abuse after he left his 7-year-old granddaughter locked inside a car that got hot in no time due to extreme summer heat in the...

Colorado girl smashes window to escape 150-degree car, grandfather charged

A Colorado man is facing child abuse charges after authorities say he left his 7-year-old granddaughter alone inside a parked vehicle during a shopping trip, forcing the child to break a window to escape dangerous heat that officials estimated exceeded 150 degrees inside the car, according to Denver7.com. The incident happened July 6 outside a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Thornton, north of Denver.