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Article: Vic: Girl dies in hot car
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- January 3, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
01-03-2007
Vic: Girl dies in hot car
By Catherine Best and Mariza O'Keefe
MELBOURNE, Jan 3 AAP - A two-year-old girl has died after she was discovered in a scorching
hot car by her mother.
The girl was pronounced dead at Sunshine Hospital just before 4pm (AEDT) today after
being pulled from the car parked at a home at Truganina, in Melbourne's west.
The tragedy happened at the height of summer as temperatures in Melbourne soared to 32 degrees.
A police spokesman said it appeared the death was a tragic accident.
"It appears the child actually found her own way into the car while it was parked and
the family were looking for her for a little while," the ...