Deputy Bill Dunn ran with the 3-year-old in his arms, so he could rush her to the hospital in his patrol car.
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Dunn had just pulled the girl from the backseat of a hot car that she was left in for 12-hours overnight.
No ambulance was around, so Dunn flipped on the air conditioning in the police car and sped to the nearest ER.
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"I didn't think she was alive when I got to her. I felt for a pulse I didn't get feel a pulse. Once the cold air hit her that's when I noticed her eyes kind of fluttering," said Dunn.
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The girl survived the encounter.
Dunn was able to reconnect with her after she was treated.
The girl's mother was arrested and charged with child neglect.
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