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Rex Martinich

Mum had 'casual smoke' before checking on girls in car

Kerri-Ann Conley left her girls in a car for hours to die in 61.5C heat. (HANDOUT/DC5)

A woman was seen lighting a cigarette before checking on her two toddlers who had died after being left in a hot car for several hours, an inquest has heard.

Darcey-Helen, 2, and Chloe-Ann Conley, 18 months, died on November 23, 2019 at Waterford West, south of Brisbane after the car they were in reached an estimated temperature of 61.5C.

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