A toddler was saved from a hot car by a passerby at a shopping plaza in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Labor Day, police said, announcing charges against the child's mother.

The 22-month-old child, hot to the touch and profusely sweating, was taken to South Shore Hospital from the Derby Street Shops on Monday, Hingham police said Wednesday. They didn't have the child's condition.

Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE

The mother, a 44-year-old woman from Brockton whose name wasn't being released Wednesday, was due to face a charge of reckless endangerment of a child, according to police.

The child, screaming for their mother, was discovered in the back seat of a car by a couple who had just parked next to it in the parking lot by Whole Foods at about 2:31

See Full Page