FRANKLIN, TWP, NJ – A two-year-old girl was found unresponsive after being left inside a car for several hours on Tuesday. Temperatures on Tuesday reached as high as 85 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Today, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald announced an investigation into the death of the child who was found on Summerall Road, Franklin Township, New Jersey.
According to police, at approximately 2:21 p.m., Franklin Township Police responded to a call via fire radio of a child in cardiac arrest at a residence on Summerall Road in Franklin Township.
“Upon arrival, responding officers observed a neighbor who is a member of a local Fire Department administering CPR on the unresponsive child. Officers assisted in life saving measures until multiple Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ALS and BLS medical units arrived on scene and took over the life saving measures of the child. The child was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene,” police reported.
McDonald said Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Crime Scene Investigation Unit and the Franklin Township Police Department responded to investigate.
The New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer also responded to conduct an investigation.
Investigators determined that the 2-year-old child had been left unattended in a vehicle.
“Further investigation is on-going to determine the exact length of time the child was in the vehicle, and the circumstances surrounding the events leading to this incident,” police said.
An autopsy is scheduled to be performed by the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause and manner of death.