Three-year-old girl is found dead inside a car after temperatures hit 40C - and she may have died in a game of hide and seek that went horribly wrong

  • Car was found abandoned in Gippsland, Victoria at 8.30pm on Friday
  • Inside a girl, three, was found dead. Police investigating have not laid charges
  • The town reached 40C that day and was 34C when the car was discovered 
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A three-year-old girl has been found dead in a car in Victoria.

The child was found inside the vehicle on a main road in Morwell in Gippsland at 8.30pm on Friday.

The town reached 40C that day and was 34C when the car was discovered.

Police are investigating how she came to be inside the car, including whether it was part of a game of hide and seek that went horribly wrong.  

It is not clear how long she was in the car for. 

No charges have been laid. 

The three-year-old was found on a main road in the town of Morwell (pictured) at 8.30pm on Friday evening

The three-year-old was found on a main road in the town of Morwell (pictured) at 8.30pm on Friday evening

 

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Gippsland: Girl found dead in car

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