A child was found dead after being left in a car in 30C heat for several hours, police say.

The youngster, whose age and gender have not been made public, was abandoned in the parked vehicle at a petrol station today.

It also happened near a busy train station.

A member of the public spotted the child alone and alerted authorities in Lindenwold, New Jersey.

Police officers broke into the car and, though resuscitation efforts were made, medics were unable to save the child.

Temperatures in Lindenwold, a small town near Philadelphia and the east coast of US, soared to around 30C today.

Now the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department and Camden County Prosecutor’s Office have launched a joint investigation into the death.

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