Police are investigating the death of a child who was reportedly left in a car in southwest Miami-Dade Wednesday.
Sources told NBC 6 that officers were called to a parking lot in the area of Bird Road and 97th Avenue.
The sources said a child was transported from the area to Kendall Regional Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
A witness told NBC 6 that the mother left the child in a car for hours while she worked in a nearby salon. Police haven't confirmed that information.
#BREAKING Witness says mother left one year old baby in the car for hours while she worked in a salon. She was crying when she realized her child was dead. @nbc6pic.twitter.com/53gvdGYDS7
— Jamie Guirola (@jamieNBC6) February 28, 2018
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