A toddler has died after being left alone in a car for hours in Burnaby, B.C., a city immediately east of Vancouver.
Burnaby RCMP say the 16-month-old boy was discovered unconscious in a vehicle parked at Inman Avenue and Kingsway at about 5:45 p.m. PT on Thursday near Metrotown, a dense commercial and residential area of Burnaby.
The boy was taken to hospital, but could not be saved.
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Dr. Erik Swartz, Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care’s head of pediatrics, explained that young children are particularly susceptible to overheating.
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