Girl, 2, dies after being left in car as extreme heat sweeps Spain
by Sam Jones in Madrid from World news | The Guardian on (#75S57)
Authorities in Galicia declare two days of mourning after toddler died during exceptionally high May temperatures
A two-year-old girl has died of heatstroke in north-west Spain after being accidentally left in her father's car during an unseasonably hot spell that could push temperatures in some areas to 38C (100F).
The child, who has not been named, went into cardiac arrest on Wednesday afternoon after spending several hours inside the vehicle in the Galician town of Brion after her father forgot to take her to nursery.
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