{"id":324136,"date":"2026-06-30T02:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324136\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:08","slug":"child-found-dead-inside-car-near-early-education-center-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324136\/","title":{"rendered":"Child found dead inside car near early education center in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLANTATION, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A child was found dead inside a car at an early childhood education center Monday, according to the Plantation Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantation.org\/government\/departments\/police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Plantation Police Department<\/a>  said officers and crews from the Plantation Fire Department responded around 5:30 p.m. to a report of a child found dead inside a vehicle at A World of Discovery, located at 7025 NW 4th St.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/400-pound-black-bear-killed-after-vehicle-strike-in-martin-county-driver-unharmed-martin-county-black-bear-bear-struck-bear-killed-400-pound-bear-sw-martin-highway-sw-warfield-blvd-martin-county-sheriffs-office-mcso-florida-fish-and-wildlife-co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">400-pound black bear struck, killed on Martin Highway, driver uninjured<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantationfire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Plantation Fire Department<\/a> crews arrived, the child was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A death investigation is underway, police said.<\/p>\n<p>CBS12 News reported in<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/tragic-death-young-child-toddler-3-year-old-found-dead-inside-parked-car-in-florida-sheriff-warns-of-deadly-heat-danger-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-riverview-chad-chronister-child-safety-st-joesphs-hosptial-south-child-dead-heat-stroke-signs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> mid-June that a 3-year-old child<\/a> was found dead inside a car in Hillsborough County after the child&#8217;s father said he found the child unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s high summer temperatures can cause the interior of a vehicle to heat rapidly, even when windows are cracked open. Safety advocates warn that children are especially vulnerable to heat-related illnesses in these conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANTATION, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A child was found dead inside a car at an early childhood education center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-324136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}