Overview
- Officers located the 48-year-old in a parked vehicle at 4:30 p.m. Friday outside the Lake Illawarra station on Pioneer Drive in Oak Flats.
- Early indications suggest the car had been there since about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, potentially for up to three days during a regional heatwave near 38°C.
- NSW Ambulance paramedics assessed the woman but could not revive her.
- A South Coast critical-incident team is investigating the circumstances with external oversight and internal review.
- Authorities have not released a cause of death or formal identification, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.