New York Daily News

Kids left alone in SUV

- BY THOMAS TRACY

A WESTCHESTE­R County couple left their two young sons alone in a parked SUV in Midtown Tuesday, police said.

A witness flagged down an NYPD patrol car on Seventh Ave. near W. 34th St. about 12:30 a.m. and said the children, ages 2 and 6, were sitting alone in the backseat of a Mercedes for nearly an hour.

An NYPD Emergency Service Unit team was called in to pop the car’s lock.

Meanwhile, the kids’ 28-year-old mother, Chrline Hernandez, and 37-year-old Reggie Cooley, who is the father of the younger boy, returned to the vehicle.

The couple, who live in Yonkers, admitted to leaving the tots so they could work a cleaning job at a nearby commercial building, police sources said.

Hernandez and Cooley are charged with acting in a manner injuries to a child.

The children, who appeared to be in good health, were taken to Bellevue Hospital for observatio­n.

The city’s Administra­tion for Children’s Services is investigat­ing the incident, cops said.

“The safety of children is our priority, and it is not in the best interest and safety of the children to leave them in a car unattended,” an ACS spokesman said in.

He declined further comment, citing confidenti­ality laws.

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