An Escambia County woman leaves her child sweating and screaming inside a locked car.

Lindsay Mason claims she was gone for a few minutes to get the keys but the witness says it was much longer.

Sunday's temperature reached 91 degrees, with a heat index of 101.

In Escambia County, calls for children locked in hot cars, is rare.

"We get calls for pets and some people say well i had my window rolled down a little bit... it doesn't matter if its 110 degrees out," Sgt. Ted Roy said.

It doesn't take long for the temperature inside a car to exceed the temperature outside.

According to the sheriff's report, witnesses provided conflicting accounts of how long the child was inside the car. Mason told deputies she was gone for minutes, but witnesses described the time as much longer.

"I challenge anyone to go sit in their car, in the Florida sun in June, July or August for 15 minutes and try to even breathe in the car," Roy said.

The child was eventually taken out of the car after one woman smashed open a window.

The child had a red face, sweaty cloths and a full diaper.

Mason now faces a third degree felony for child neglect. Her next circuit court date is scheduled for July 22.

To date, 16 children have died in 2016 from hot car-related deaths, according to NoHeatStroke.Org.

Last year, 24 children in the United States died in hot cars, including four in Florida, according to Florida Department of Children and Families.

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