An 11-month-old boy died after he and his twin sister were left in a hot car for more than three hours outside an Alabama Honda dealership where their dad worked, according to news reports.
Police responding to the Sunny King Honda dealership in Oxford, Alabama at around noon on Friday said temperatures had topped 90 degrees by the time the two kids were taken out of the car — where they had been left since 8:30 a.m.
Both were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead but his sister is doing well, according to CNN.
Police have not identified the children or the father, who told police he only remembered the kids were still in the car when his wife called and asked how they twins were doing.
No charges have been filed.
“All indications seem that this is a tragic accident,” Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown told the network.
“No one can fathom the way this family feels, and I especially want to make sure that people are sympathetic to this family and that they get all the facts before they pass judgment.”
The car dealership said in a statement that “the Sunny King Automotive Group family is hurting.”
Oxford Police Chief Bill Partridge said on Facebook that the investigation is ongoing.
The case bears chilling similarities to the case of Rockland County dad Juan Rodriguez, whose one-year-old twins died after he left them in a sweltering car outside his job in the Bronx.
Rodriguez is facing two counts of manslaughter.