New Jersey Mom Breaks Down After Learning Toddler Died In Hot Car

A WABC news helicopter filmed the unidentified mom on the ground outside her Franklin Township home Tuesday — shortly after a neighbor said she heard her “screaming in pain and agony.” A local police officer leans over to try to comfort her, with the video showing them rocking side by side as they hug each other tightly. The mom was so distraught that she was eventually taken by ambulance, neighbors told NBC New York. The child’s parents were both unaware their toddler had been left in the hot car until officers knocked on their door, neighbors also told NBC New York. The unidentified mother was hugged by a police officer after she collapsed outside her Franklin Township home Tuesday.WABC-TVThe screaming mom was so distraught, she was taken by ambulance, neighbors told NBC New York.WABC-TV “They were just screaming in pain and agony,” neighbor Treana Huntley recalled to WABC. “I heard dad screaming uncontrollably and then I heard mom crying, really sobbing,” Hadley said. “It was horrifying … I just heard that pain from another mother,” she said. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.” The toddler was found in a car seat in the back of the gray Honda Civic just after 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. ‘It was terrifying’: Neighbor Treana Huntley recalls hearing the parents ‘screaming in pain and agony’. WABC-TV One of the first neighbors on the scene was a local firefighter who attempted CPR, but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said “further investigation is ongoing to determine the exact length of time the child was in the vehicle and the circumstances surrounding the events leading up to this incident.” However, sources told NBC New York that the toddler appears to have been in the car for more than seven hours. It was unclear where the parents thought the child was at the time, the report noted. The 2-year-old girl may have been in the car seat for more than seven hours as the temperature reached 90 degrees, sources told NBC New York.WABC-TV The temperature at nearby Somerset Airport at 2 p.m., just before the girl was found dead, was 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. It has already been recorded as the 22nd hot car death so far this year in a heartbreaking tally kept by the organization Kids and Car Safety. “This is the kind of tragedy that doesn’t discriminate. It has to do with a failure of the brain’s memory, in many cases,” the group’s Sue Auriemma told NBC New York. “Unfortunately the worst mistake a parent can make is to think it can’t happen to them.”

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A WABC news helicopter filmed the unidentified mom on the ground outside her Franklin Township home Tuesday — shortly after a neighbor said she heard her “screaming in pain and agony.” A local police officer leans over to try to comfort her, with the video showing them rocking side by side as they hug each other tightly. The mom was so distraught that she was eventually taken by ambulance, neighbors told NBC New York. The child’s parents were both unaware their toddler had been left in the hot car until officers knocked on their door, neighbors also told NBC New York. The unidentified mother was hugged by a police officer after she collapsed outside her Franklin Township home Tuesday.WABC-TVThe screaming mom was so distraught, she was taken by ambulance, neighbors told NBC New York.WABC-TV “They were just screaming in pain and agony,” neighbor Treana Huntley recalled to WABC. “I heard dad screaming uncontrollably and then I heard mom crying, really sobbing,” Hadley said. “It was horrifying … I just heard that pain from another mother,” she said. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.” The toddler was found in a car seat in the back of the gray Honda Civic just after 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. ‘It was terrifying’: Neighbor Treana Huntley recalls hearing the parents ‘screaming in pain and agony’. WABC-TV One of the first neighbors on the scene was a local firefighter who attempted CPR, but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said “further investigation is ongoing to determine the exact length of time the child was in the vehicle and the circumstances surrounding the events leading up to this incident.” However, sources told NBC New York that the toddler appears to have been in the car for more than seven hours. It was unclear where the parents thought the child was at the time, the report noted. The 2-year-old girl may have been in the car seat for more than seven hours as the temperature reached 90 degrees, sources told NBC New York.WABC-TV The temperature at nearby Somerset Airport at 2 p.m., just before the girl was found dead, was 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. It has already been recorded as the 22nd hot car death so far this year in a heartbreaking tally kept by the organization Kids and Car Safety. “This is the kind of tragedy that doesn’t discriminate. It has to do with a failure of the brain’s memory, in many cases,” the group’s Sue Auriemma told NBC New York. “Unfortunately the worst mistake a parent can make is to think it can’t happen to them.”