4-year-old girl dead after being left unattended in pickup truck 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 pickup truck Wednesday evening.

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

The police and fire department found the girl in the pickup truck. She was rushed to the hospital, where she later died.

HPD Lt. Larry Crowson told KPRC that two women and three children were in the pickup truck. Only the two women and two children exited the truck and went into an apartment.

The case will be turned over to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to decide if charges will be filed.

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