A dad was arrested after he refused to break the window of his new car to save his dying 1-year-old daughter.
Sidney Deal, 27, flagged down officers after he left his daughter, Sayah Deal, in a hot car on Monday afternoon with the keys inside, reports NYPost.
The officers offered to break the window, call a tow truck or get a locksmith, but Deal declined and asked to call his brother instead, police said.
After several minutes, the officers smashed the window and pulled out the unresponsive girl, who died at the scene, police said.
It wasn’t clear how many minutes elapsed before Deal gave consent for his window to be broken.
The cause of death is pending, but authorities believe she had been trapped in the car for more than an hour.
Detectives interviewed Deal’s brother, who said he received a call from him saying he accidentally locked Sayah in the car, which he claimed had the air conditioning on.
Deal’s brother told police he was confused by the call and quickly headed to his home.
When he got there, the brother immediately wrapped his shirt around his hand and offered to punch out the window, authorities said.
But Deal stopped him and claimed he didn’t have enough money to fix a broken car window.
Instead he instructed his brother to call their mother to have her insurance company send a locksmith.
Deal’s girlfriend also told police she called the insurance company for him, but he told her to hang up when he didn’t agree with the ‘price’ quoted for a tow truck, according to NYPost.
He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of child abuse or neglect causing substantial bodily harm. He is being held on $20,000 bail.
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