5-month-old girl dies after being left in minivan
Published 9:25 am Wednesday, June 12, 2013
MOORHEAD — Police in Moorhead say a 5-month-old girl has died after being left in a minivan for hours.
Moorhead police identified the dead girl as Christiana Natany Sandstrom.
Authorities arrived at the scene about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday and learned the girl had been left in a car seat inside the vehicle for about four hours. The first responder found that the infant girl had been moved to a nearby apartment and began administering CPR. However, the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lt. Chris Carey said in a news release that an investigation into the death is underway.