An 11-month-old child died in Florida after being left in a car locked in the heat for a long time

An 11-month-old boy died after being left in a parked car in Tallahassee, Florida for an "extended period". The publication shared the details NBC News.

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The Tallahassee Police Department said they were investigating the incident.

The baby was found in a parked car in the 1700 block of Mahan Center Boulevard, police said.

“The child was left in a parked car for a long period. Unfortunately, the baby passed away,” the police said.

Local media reported that the car was parked outside a hospice called Big Bend Hospice.

Police spokeswoman Heather Merritt noted that medical staff "called 911 about a child in the car."

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Police were unable to definitively confirm whether the death was heat related.

Officials said no arrests were made in connection with the incident.

If the death is found to be related to heat stroke, it would be the 11th child vehicular heat stroke in the United States this year and the second in Florida, according to NoHeatStroke.org, which tracks vehicular heat deaths nationwide.

There were 23 such deaths last year, according to the site, three of which were in Florida. An average of 37 children die each year in the US from heatstroke due to being left in a car.

Last week, a 3-year-old boy was found unconscious in a car near the education center where his parents work.

"The Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Service took the victim to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced the child dead," Miami Gardens Police Detective Diana Delgado-Gurg said.

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The child was identified as Sholom Tauber. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as hyperthermia and the manner of death as "an accident."

Experts advise against leaving your children unattended in vehicles. NoHeatStroke.org and KidsandCars.org advise developing a plan to avoid tragedy, as most accidents are due to parents unknowingly leaving their children in the car.

One of the safety tips they offer is to leave your briefcase or cell phone in the back seat. When you get out of the car, you will have to look there. Or make it a rule to always look at the back seat.

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