Overview

• Police found the girl in critical condition and she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
• The mother claimed she left the air conditioning on, but the child may have turned it off.
• Temperatures reached the upper 90s on the day of the incident.
• The mother broke the car window with a hammer and sought help on her way to the hospital.
• This incident marks the fifth confirmed hot car death of a child in the U.S. this year.