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An 8-year-old girl who was left alone in a car while her mom went inside of a Brooklyn hospital to seek treatment Saturday was kidnapped when a thief stole the vehicle and rode off with her in the back seat.

The unidentified mother ran into Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville after she was involved in a car accident on Rockaway Parkway, according to police sources.

The apparently injured woman left her 8-year-old daughter unaccompanied in the backseat of the car, which was parked on Rockaway Parkway.


  Brookdale Hospital, where the mother mother sought medical treatment, leaving her daughter unattended in the car, which had just been involved in an accident. Google Maps Brookdale Hospital, where the mother mother sought medical treatment, leaving her daughter unattended in the car, which had just been involved in an accident. Google Maps

The parked car would then be broken into and stolen, with the little girl still in the backseat waiting for her mother to return, according to the NYPD.

The vehicle would later be found on Howard Avenue and the 8-year-old was safely recovered.


  Police say they recovered the stolen car and girl on Howard Avenue. Paul Martinka Police say they recovered the stolen car and girl on Howard Avenue. Paul Martinka

Cops say it is unclear if the carjacker knew the 8-year-old was in the vehicle.

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