Death of 3-Year-Old Girl Left in Vehicle for Hours in Triple-Digit Heat Under Investigation

Death of 3-Year-Old Girl Left in Vehicle for Hours in Triple-Digit Heat Under Investigation
A police car is parked on a street in Tucson, Ariz., on April 5, 2008. Chris Hondros/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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BUCKEYE, Ariz.—Police in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left in a vehicle for more than two hours in triple-digit heat.

Authorities said the girl’s family had returned home from an outing at a park around 2:30 p.m. Sunday and nobody realized she was still in the SUV parked outside.