An investigation is underway after a 1-year-old girl was found dead in a car outside a daycare center in Australia.
On Tuesday, Feb. 4 at around 5:35 p.m. local time, emergency services responded after the child was “located unresponsive in a vehicle outside a childcare center on Marana Road, Earlwood” in Sydney’s Inner West, New South Wales (NSW) Police Force said in a release.
“NSW Ambulance paramedics attended but the child – a 1-year-old girl – was declared deceased at the scene,” police added in the post.
The release confirmed, “Officers from Burwood Police Area Command have established a crime scene and commenced an investigation.”
“A male occupant of the vehicle — believed to be related to the child — is assisting with inquiries at Burwood Police Station,” NSW Police stated.
Authorities said there was “no further information available at this stage.”
NSW Police had no additional updates to add when contacted by PEOPLE.
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the child may have been “mistakenly left in the hot car,” citing police sources.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), temperatures reached almost 30 degrees Celsius (around 86 Fahrenheit) in the neighboring Sydney suburb of Canterbury at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
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