Baby girl dies
after she’s left in hot car outside grocery store
RICHMOND, Va. -- A baby girl left in a hot car died Tuesday
afternoon in Richmond, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
The
child, believed to be 10-months old, was left in the vehicle while the adult
she was with went grocery shopping, those sources told Burkett.
The
car was then driven to a home along the 4600 block of Britannia Road,
between Broad Rock Boulevard and Warwick Road, in South Richmond. That's
where emergency crews responded just before 2 p.m.
The child, who was
in cardiac arrest, died on the way to the hospital, according to Crime
Insider sources.
Richmond Police confirm that they are in the early
stages of a possible heat-related infant death investigation. No further
information has been released at this time.
Temperatures in Richmond
Tuesday afternoon were in the low 90s, with a “feels like” temperature
between 101 – 103.
This is a developing story.