Overview
- Hallandale Beach officers responded around 1:35 p.m. and the 2-year-old was found unresponsive in the back seat, rushed to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.
- Police say the child had been in the care of a babysitter at the time, but authorities have not released how long the child was inside the vehicle.
- The department has opened an active, early investigation and is coordinating with the Broward County state attorney’s office while no criminal charges have been announced.
- Local reports put the heat index near 101°F on Sunday and officials warned that vehicle interiors can become deadly within minutes, urging caregivers to always check the back seat.
- This is the second hot-car child fatality in Broward County in about a week, a pattern public-safety groups say highlights routine changes and missed back-seat checks as common factors in such deaths.