3-year-old boy dies after he's left in hot car in South Carolina: Police

A 3-year-old died in a hot car in South Carolina. This marks the sixth child to die in a hot car in the U.S. this year.

A 3-year-old boy has died after he was left in a hot car in Spartanburg, South Carolina, authorities said. When officers responded to a home around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, the boy's guardian told them that he was mistakenly left in the car, Spartanburg police said. She said she thought she dropped the 3-year-old off at day care with her other children that morning, but didn't notice he hadn't gone inside with them until later that day, police said. The woman said she called 911 as soon as she found the boy in the back of her SUV, police said. The preliminary autopsy found that the boy died from heat, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said. Spartanburg reached a high of 92 degrees Wednesday.