Child Dies After Being Found Inside Hot SUV On Long Island

CORAM, NY – An 11-year-old girl has died after being found unresponsive inside a blistering hot SUV on Long Island Tuesday afternoon.

Suffolk Police say a 911 call came in around 3:50 p.m. from a home on Kathleen Crescent in Coram. The girl’s mother had been running errands with the 11-year-old girl and two other children. After returning home, the girl’s mother went inside, believing all of the children were out of the Ford Expedition parked in the driveway, police said.

Sometime later, the mother could not locate the 11-year-old girl and checked inside of the SUV where she found the girl, who reportedly was non-verbal and had special needs. The mother carried the girl inside the house and called 911.

The girl’s mother began CPR and police arrived in less than two minutes. Police and rescue personnel from Coram Rescue continued CPR and transported the girl to Stony Brook University Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police have not released her name.

A heat advisory is in effect for the Long Island Tuesday and the temperature hit a high of 91 degrees during the afternoon. Cars parked in direct sunlight can reach internal temperatures up to 131-172 degrees when outside temperatures are 80-100 degrees, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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