According to WPLG-TV, Plantation police are investigating the death of a child found in a black SUV parked outside A World of Discovery Academy preschool Monday evening. Officers roped off the area just before 6 p.m. at the preschool located on Northwest 4th Street and 70th Terrace in Plantation. “It’s a devastating situation for the family, I guess for the parents who have their kids come to this school—if when they came and saw all of this, the officers, that would be really like concerning,” said Viviana Alarcon, who works nearby. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25At one point, the medical examiner’s office arrived as detectives carefully collected evidence from the vehicle. A school leader declined to go on camera but said that while the incident involves a student, it does not directly involve the school. Instead, the matter is being investigated as a parent and child situation. Authorities confirmed that someone called for help, leading Plantation Fire Rescue and police to respond to the preschool parking lot, where they confirmed the child was deceased in the vehicle. The investigation is ongoing to determine what happened. “I never heard anything bad about that school, it honestly has a good reputation,” Alarcon said.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
PLANTATION, Fla. —
According to WPLG-TV, Plantation police are investigating the death of a child found in a black SUV parked outside A World of Discovery Academy preschool Monday evening.
Officers roped off the area just before 6 p.m. at the preschool located on Northwest 4th Street and 70th Terrace in Plantation.
WPLG Local 10
Police are investigating the death of a child found in an SUV parked outside a preschool in Plantation, Florida, with authorities confirming the incident involves a parent and child but not the school directly.
“It’s a devastating situation for the family, I guess for the parents who have their kids come to this school—if when they came and saw all of this, the officers, that would be really like concerning,” said Viviana Alarcon, who works nearby.
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
At one point, the medical examiner’s office arrived as detectives carefully collected evidence from the vehicle.
A school leader declined to go on camera but said that while the incident involves a student, it does not directly involve the school. Instead, the matter is being investigated as a parent and child situation.
Authorities confirmed that someone called for help, leading Plantation Fire Rescue and police to respond to the preschool parking lot, where they confirmed the child was deceased in the vehicle.
The investigation is ongoing to determine what happened.
“I never heard anything bad about that school, it honestly has a good reputation,” Alarcon said.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.