Community left in shock at the death of a 1-year-old in a car

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Police in Sydney are yet to interview a man who's one year old daughter was found dead in his car in the city's inner west. Detectives are investigating whether the man had forgotten the child was in the car when he finally discovered her late yesterday. The man is being treated for shock in hospital.

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00:00Absolute anguish and I didn't know what was going on so I came out and you could just

00:07hear the noise and the screaming that was happening.

00:11A tragedy in the inner west.

00:13Our neighbour across the road, he actually did some resuscitation on the baby before

00:18the ambulance arrived and he's obviously very traumatised.

00:22Others came to pay their respects.

00:24It's terrible, I don't know.

00:28Anyone in that family, I'm devastated for them and I also am thinking about emergency

00:33service workers.

00:35The one-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a car at Earlwood yesterday afternoon.

00:41The information provided to us suggests that this baby was left inside the vehicle for

00:46an extended period of time on a very hot day.

00:50Parked near a childcare centre, police believe the baby was mistakenly left in the vehicle.

00:56Investigations are now underway surrounding this incident.

00:59A male occupant of the vehicle has been taken to hospital.

01:04He is suffering shock and he is currently being assessed.

01:08That man is her father.

01:11Police are yet to speak to him as he's still receiving treatment.

01:15Police believe the man thought he dropped her off at the nearby daycare in the morning

01:20before driving to another location and parking for the day.

01:24He only realised the child was still in the back when he returned here to pick her up.

01:30Questions are now turning to how something like this could happen.

01:34Children in high school get notifications from their schools, parents get notifications

01:38if they don't arrive for school.

01:40Everybody's just, they can't comprehend how it could happen.

01:45Early Learning Minister Pru Kha says depending on the outcome of the investigation, she will

01:51consider whether further regulation of the sector is needed.

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