Toddler spent night in car while mom went to bar, Connecticut police say
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Police in Connecticut say a toddler spent the night in a car outside a bar after her mother went drinking and ended up in the hospital.
Police say the 2-year-old girl was found asleep Saturday morning inside the locked vehicle in Bristol. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Police say her mother, 22-year-old Kelsey James, was found intoxicated and asleep inside the bar late Friday. Emergency responders took James to a hospital for treatment and evaluation.
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Several hours later, the hospital called police to say James was awake and asking where her daughter was. Police then located the car.
James is charged with risking injury to a minor and leaving an unsupervised child in a vehicle. Connecticut's child welfare agency is investigating.
James couldn't be reached for comment.