4-year-old girl dies after being left unattended in van in northwest Houston

Houston, Texas – An investigation is underway in northwest Houston after a 4-year-old girl died after being left unattended in a van Wednesday night.

Houston police were called around 6:30 p.m. to the 6500 block of Hollister Road, near Wilshire Place Drive, after people in the car reported the child had been left inside, according to KSAT sister station KPRC.

Police and firefighters found the girl in the van. She was rushed to hospital, where she later died.

HPD Lt. Larry Crowson told KPRC that two women and three children were in the van. Only the two women and two children got out of the truck and went into an apartment.

The case will be forwarded to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to decide whether to file charges.

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