New Franklin Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle ordinance (§ 210.055)

A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:

COLLISION: The act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object or a person.

INJURY: Physical harm to the body of a person.

MOTOR VEHICLE: Any automobile, truck, truck-tractor, or any motorbus or motor-propelled vehicle not exclusively operated or driven on fixed rails or tracks.

UNATTENDED: Not accompanied by an individual fourteen (14) years of age or older.

B. A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle if such person knowingly leaves a child ten (10) years of age or less unattended in a motor vehicle and such child injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to injure a pedestrian.