00:00Absolute anguish and I didn't know what was going on so I came out and you could just
00:07hear the noise and the screaming that was happening.
00:11A tragedy in the inner west.
00:13Our neighbour across the road, he actually did some resuscitation on the baby before
00:18the ambulance arrived and he's obviously very traumatised.
00:22Others came to pay their respects.
00:24It's terrible, I don't know.
00:28Anyone in that family, I'm devastated for them and I also am thinking about emergency
00:33service workers.
00:35The one-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a car at Earlwood yesterday afternoon.
00:41The information provided to us suggests that this baby was left inside the vehicle for
00:46an extended period of time on a very hot day.
00:50Parked near a childcare centre, police believe the baby was mistakenly left in the vehicle.
00:56Investigations are now underway surrounding this incident.
00:59A male occupant of the vehicle has been taken to hospital.
01:04He is suffering shock and he is currently being assessed.
01:08That man is her father.
01:11Police are yet to speak to him as he's still receiving treatment.
01:15Police believe the man thought he dropped her off at the nearby daycare in the morning
01:20before driving to another location and parking for the day.
01:24He only realised the child was still in the back when he returned here to pick her up.
01:30Questions are now turning to how something like this could happen.
01:34Children in high school get notifications from their schools, parents get notifications
01:38if they don't arrive for school.
01:40Everybody's just, they can't comprehend how it could happen.
01:45Early Learning Minister Pru Kha says depending on the outcome of the investigation, she will
01:51consider whether further regulation of the sector is needed.
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