Child dies after being locked in car at daycare for over 6 hours

A two-year old boy died of hyperthermia after being left alone for 6 1/2 hours in a car outside of a Bucks County day care center, authorities said.

The child had been left in the car by the operator of the center, who took the boy to the facility three times a week since September. However, yesterday she forgot the child was in the back seat while she went inside Fairy Tales Day Care Center. Only returning to her car at 4:45pm to find the toddler unresponsive after being locked in the car with the windows up for over 6 hours.

He was taken into the daycare and 911 was called. An ambulance took him to St. Mary's medical center where he was pronounced dead shortly after. The temperature reached a high of 83 degrees that day.

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