{"id":106343,"date":"2024-07-11T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/2-year-old-arizona-girl-dies-after-dad-leaves-her-in-car-during-triple-digit-heat-police\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:05:45","slug":"2-year-old-arizona-girl-dies-after-dad-leaves-her-in-car-during-triple-digit-heat-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/2-year-old-arizona-girl-dies-after-dad-leaves-her-in-car-during-triple-digit-heat-police\/","title":{"rendered":"2-year-old Arizona girl dies after dad leaves her in car during triple-digit heat: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(MARANA, Ariz.) — A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car in Arizona, where residents are enduring triple-digit temperatures, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The father was running errands with his daughter, and when he returned home Tuesday afternoon, he allegedly knowingly left the 2-year-old in the car, Marana Police Capt. Tim Brunenkant told ABC News.<\/p>\n

He left the car running and the air conditioning on, Brunenkant said.<\/p>\n

The dad went into the house, and when he returned to the car between 30 and 60 minutes later, the car was off, Brunenkant said.<\/p>\n

The 2-year-old was unresponsive and the dad called 911, Brunenkant said. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.<\/p>\n

The temperature in Marana reached a scorching 111 degrees on Tuesday. Marana is just outside of Tucson, where an excessive heat warning has been issued.<\/p>\n

Brunenkant called the death a “heat-related tragedy.”<\/p>\n

No charges have been filed at this time but charges have not been ruled out, Brunenkant said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Interviews are underway and police are looking for surveillance video in the neighborhood, he said.<\/p>\n

At least nine children have died in hot cars across the U.S. so far this year, according to national nonprofit KidsAndCars.org.<\/p>\n

Since 1990, at least 1,093 children have died in hot cars — and about 88% of those kids are 3 years old or younger, according to KidsAndCars.org.<\/p>\n

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