A five-year-old child died in northern Virginia after being left in a car for what could have been several hours, officials said Tuesday.
Officers responded to a report of an unconscious child in a neighborhood in Springfield, Virginia, at around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, Fairfax County Police Department Lt. John Lieb said during a news conference covered by CNN affilate WJLA. "Officers arrived within minutes, found a small child that was unconscious, performed CPR. Members of the Fairfax Fire and Rescue personnel arrived shortly thereafter and transported the child to a local hospital.
Read More"The circumstances that led up to that child remaining in the child safety seat are still under investigation," he said. When asked about the length of time the child was left in the car, Lieb said,"That's part of the detectives' investigation, a period of time, up to a couple of hours at this point, very preliminarily. Detectives will remain open-minded and look at every angle of this case and determine the full facts and circumstances.