A Michigan toddler was found dead inside a hot car Tuesday afternoon after he was left there while his father shopped at a nearby store.
Kalamazoo County authorities said officers responded to the parking lot of a Vicksburg Family Fare store at around 3 p.m. over reports of an unresponsive child.
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The 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive inside his father’s maroon Chevrolet Tahoe and later died from heat exposure.
Investigators believe the toddler’s father left him in the scorching hot car while he was inside the store for groceries.
The death marks the 20th hot car death of a child in the US this year.
