Townsville toddler death: two charged after child allegedly left in car during heatwave

Mother and her boyfriend charged with manslaughter after three-year-old found dead in car

A Townsville woman has been charged over the death of her daughter after the toddler was allegedly left in a car for most of the day amid soaring temperatures.

Police were called to the Townsville University Hospital on Friday afternoon after the child's mother found the three-year-old dead in the car and rushed her to the hospital.