Phoenix infant dies in hot car – second such death in city
PHOENIX — An infant left for about two hours in a hot car has died — the second such death in the past two days in the city, the Phoenix Fire Department said.
Firefighters were called shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday to investigate a report of a 1-year-old boy in a car in the parking lot of the Free Church of God in Christ on the city’s south side, authorities said.
The mother found the child, who was pronounced dead the scene, fire Capt. Larry Subervi said in a statement.
Phoenix police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune later identified the dead child as Josiah Riggins. No arrests have been made, she said.