Baby dies after being left inside SUV as parents were unloading groceries

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The 11-month-old victim was found unresponsive inside parents' Ford Explorer in Laurderhill, Florida
Baby was left in SUV for about an hour as temperatures hovered around 90 degrees Wednesday

Published: 08:57 EST, 9 July 2015 | Updated: 16:32 EST, 9 July 2015

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An 11-month-old baby died after being left alone in an SUV parked outside an apartment complex in suburban Fort Lauderdale Wednesday.

Lauderhill police spokesman Gregory Solowsky says the baby's parents and four older siblings were unloading groceries in the late afternoon and forgot to get the baby out of the vehicle.

About an hour later, they realized the baby wasn't in the house. They returned to the Ford Explorer and found the child inside.

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Hot car death: An 11-month-old baby died Wednesday evening after being left inside this Ford Explorer SUV

Fatal error: The infant's mother and father, pictured in orange shirt sitting outside Plantation General Hospital, forgot the child in the car after unloading groceries

They called 911 and began administering CPR, but the child was unresponsive.

Solowsky says paramedics continued making efforts to revive the baby on the way to the hospital, but the infant was declared dead Wednesday evening, according to the station Local10.

Temperatures in Lauderhill reached a high of 91 degrees Wednesday.

The police spokesman says the parents are being cooperative with the investigation and that the entire family is extremely distraught.

Police in Lauderhill received a call at around 6.30pm Wednesday about an unresponsive infant inside a car parked outside Lauderhill Pointe Apartments in the 3200 block of Northwest 19th Street.

Lt Solowsky says a family consisting of two parents and five children, ranging in age between 11 months and 14 years, according to CBS Miami, returned home from grocery shopping and were busy unloading the SUV when the incident occurred.

Baby dies after being left in hot car outside Florida apartment

The deceased baby's family are seen arriving at the scene of the incident outside Lauderhill Pointe Apartments

The parents, who have four older children, only realized that their youngest was nowhere in sight about an hour after returning from grocery shopping

About an hour after bringing all of their purchases into the house, the family realized that their youngest child was nowhere in sight.

They ran to the backseat of their Ford Explorer and discovered the infant unresponsive.

The 11-month-old was pronounced dead at Plantation General Hospital just after 7pm.

Solowsky, the spokesman of the Lauderhill Police Department, noted that children are much more vulnerable than adults when it comes to hot temperatures and reminded parents to keep a close eye on youngsters in the car, as WSVN reported.

According to the site KidsAndCars.com dedicated to child safety, on average, 38 children die in hot cars each year.