HAMILTON -- Police say a man is charged after a child was left in a hot car in a Hamilton parking lot.

Hamilton police say a woman spotted a young child alone inside a black four-door car with the vehicle alarm activated in a Walmart parking lot on Saturday evening.

They say the child was unable to open the car door, so the woman coached the child on how to get out of the car.

When police and paramedics arrived the child was treated and cleared.

A 53-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with leaving a child unattended and is to appear in court on June 20.