BUCKEYE, AZ – A disturbing tragedy struck in Buckeye, Arizona, over the weekend as a four-year-old girl was found lifeless in a hot car, according to police. The family reportedly returned from a visit to a local park around 2 p.m. on Sunday but did not immediately notice the girl’s absence from their group.
The realization of the child’s whereabouts came roughly two hours later when the family discovered her in an unresponsive state in their vehicle. The alarming discovery prompted a call to the local police around 5 p.m.
Buckeye police officers sprang into action on arrival. They immediately launched efforts to resuscitate the young girl, applying chest compressions and winding up an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The revival attempts continued up until the moment medics arrived to transport the lifeless child to the hospital- where she was officially declared dead.
The vehicle was parked near North 212th Drive and West Granada Road, as per police reports. Weather data from the nearby Buckeye Municipal Airport showed that temperatures in the area topped around 101 degrees Fahrenheit on that fateful Sunday.
As of now, the investigation by the local police into this unfortunate happening is at its onset.