Ohio infant dies after being left in hot car

MEDINA, OH — According to a press release from police in Medina, a six-month-old girl left in a hot car at a park Saturday has died.

The baby was left alone for 2 and a half hours. The infant is the first child to die in a hot car this year in Ohio, and the 25th child to die from heatstroke nationwide this year.

Police and the Medina County Coroner are working together in the investigation.

Authorities say they will release more details on the child’s death once they are known.

They say it could be several weeks before the coroner’s office is finished with its investigation.