Overview
- Emergency crews responded to a Palmerston home about 2:30pm Friday after reports a baby was unresponsive in a car parked in the driveway.
- General duties officers began CPR before paramedics arrived, and the infant was pronounced dead a short time later.
- Northern Territory Police said the circumstances of the death are under investigation and no cause has been confirmed.
- Media reports noted Bureau of Meteorology readings around 32.8°C, with a feels-like 35.2°C, at the time the child was found.
- Police have not announced any arrests or charges, and Palmerston is a satellite city about 20 km from Darwin’s CBD.