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Tim Hanlon

Boy, 5, dies after being left in hot car outside school as temperatures hit 40C

A five-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot car outside an elementary school in temperatures that would have felt more than 40C including humidity.

Emergency services rushed to Dr Americo Paredes Elementary, in south Texas, said La Joya Independent School District Police Chief Raul Gonzalez, where they found the boy unresponsive on Thursday afternoon.

Attempts were made to revive the boy using CPR by staff at the school and medics but they were unsuccessful.

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