Child dies after being left in father's car all day in Lower Nazareth Township : DA

LOWER NAZARETH TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- A girl has died after being found unresponsive inside her father's vehicle in Lower Nazareth Township, according to investigators.

The discovery was made around 4:15 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of a business in the 4900 block of Hanoverville Road.

Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta said the victim, believed to be about 15 months old, was pronounced dead.

"Allegedly, the child had been in the car for some time - as in all day," Baratta said.

Authorities said no charges have been filed at this time as investigators work to determine how the child came to be left in the vehicle. Temperatures climbed into the 90s on Thursday.

Baratta said it does not appear the child's father worked at the business where the vehicle was found.

The Colonial Regional Police Department and the Northampton County Coroner's Office are investigating.