Article: Vic: Girl dies in hot car


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 ...

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