Toddler Dies After Grandmother Leaves Her in Hot Car for 8 Hours

Toddler Dies After Grandmother Leaves Her in Hot Car for 8 Hours
Suffolk County police cars in Huntington, N.Y., in September 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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SMITHTOWN, N.Y.—A 14-month-old girl died after her grandmother left her unattended in a hot car in New York for eight hours, police said.

The 54-year-old grandmother forgot to drop the toddler off at a day care center in Smithtown on Long Island on Monday and went to work, leaving the girl in a car seat inside a Jeep Cherokee, Suffolk County police said in a news release.