New-Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 10-month-old girl died in US after being left inside a hot car for hours by her 61-year-old grandmother, who is a doctor.
The incident took place in Madisonville on August 13.
The car was parked outside the medical clinic where the baby’s grandmother, Dr Stacey Fazenbaker, worked, according to the police.
The infant was reportedly found motionless and strapped in the backseat of Fazenbaker’s car about eight hours after the latter was supposed to drop her off at daycare.
Temperatures reached 95 degrees that day, and peaked at 115 inside the car, WEHT reported.
Fazenbaker had offered to pick up her granddaughter that morning and drive her to daycare. However, when the infant’s father went to pick her up at 4 pm, he was informed by the daycare’s staff that she was never dropped off that morning, the Daily Mail reported.
When the family came to learn that Fazenbaker had instead gone straight to work, and forgotten the baby girl inside her car. When she was alerted about the situation, the healthcare professional ran outside with some co-workers to get the child.
But by then, it was late, the grandmother had already got the child, and so the officers tried some lifesaving measures, but unfortunately it was too late.
No charges have been filed as police continue to probe the tragedy. Fazenbaker was tested for drugs and alcohol, but police don’t anticipate positive results.
An autopsy will determine Scottie’s official cause of death.