Toddler Dies In Hot Car In Florida Outside Parents' Work: Reports

MIAMI GARDENS, FL — A 3-year-old boy died inside a car Monday afternoon after he was left there for hours outside an educational center in Miami Gardens where his parents worked, according to multiple reports.

It is the first hot car death in the state and the 11th such death in the country this year, according to Kids and Car Safety.

Miami Gardens police responded to Lubavich Educational Center at 17330 NW 7th Ave. around 3:45 p.m., and the boy was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police believe the father accidentally left the child in the locked car as the family made its way into the Jewish Orthodox center. It's unclear if charges will be filed, and police have not released the names of the child or father.

The father rushed out to his car around 3 p.m. after someone remarked to him they hadn't seen the child all day, a source told the Miami Herald.

Rabbi Benzion Korf, the dean of the center, told Local 10 News in a statement that a guidance counselor and a therapist will meet with staff and students Tuesday and offered his condolences to the family.

Since 1998, Florida trails only Texas in hot car deaths, according to No Heat Stroke.

On Monday, temperatures in Miami Gardens were in the 90s with a heat index above 100 degrees. Research conducted by No Heat Stroke founder Jan Null, an adjunct professor and research meteorologist at San Jose State University, shows on 90-degree days the temperature inside a car can reach 100 degrees; in an hour, it can reach 133 degrees.