Police: Toddler dies of heat exhaustion after left in hot car at
day care
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Police are
investigating the death of a child who was left in a hot car
Thursday afternoon.
WMC reports the Memphis Police
Department was called to a day care where a toddler was left in
a vehicle.
Authorities said the child was rushed to a
hospital in critical condition but later died.
Memphis
police report their preliminary investigation points to the
toddler dying of heat exhaustion.
Temperatures reached a
near-record high of 91 in Memphis on Thursday. With temperatures
that high in the area, the internal temperature in a car can
reportedly reach more than 130 degrees.
A person was
detained by police, but authorities did not immediately report
if any charges were being filed.