A two-year-old girl has died in a hot car in front of her home after being left there for at least 30 minutes on a day when temperatures reached 109°F.
Her father, Chris Scholtes, 37, told police he went inside the house in Marana, north of Tucson, Arizona, leaving the car on and the air-conditioning running.
However, he returned at around 4pm on Tuesday to discover the car had shut off and his daughter, Parker Scholtes, was unresponsive, and immediately called 911.
The toddler was rushed to Banner University Medical Center Tucson, where her mother, Erika Scholtes, 35, worked as an anaesthesiologist.
“Resuscitation efforts were being done, and the child was immediately transported to the hospital. Unfortunately, the child was pronounced deceased at the hospital,” police said.