Tow truck driver, finds baby in car to be towed away

Tampa tow truck driver takes parked car with a baby on board
By Robbyn Mitchell, Time Staff Writer
In Print: Thursday, August 27, 2009


TAMPA — The tiny foot popped into view just as the tow truck driver pulled over to call in and let his bosses know he had picked up an illegally parked Nissan at an apartment complex.

John Davenport looked more closely and discovered there was a 13-month-old boy in the car he had just loaded onto his truck Tuesday night at Park Terrace Apartments.

"They need to be put under the jail for that," he said. "You just don't leave a child in a car for a second. You just don't do that."

The baby was asleep, buckled into a child safety seat in the back of the 1995 Nissan. Davenport, 31, of Tampa said the windows were just barely cracked.

"It wasn't even open enough for a dog," he said.
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Tampa tow truck driver takes parked car with a baby on board