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Baby dies after being left in hot car in Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. - Police say a 10-month-old girl has died after being left in a hot car outside a house in south Wichita.

Officers found the girl unresponsive inside the car Thursday evening. She was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police say the child was in the car for about two hours. She was the foster child of two men. The car was parked outside their home. Police took the men in for questioning.

The National Weather Service says the high temperature was 90 degrees on Thursday.

Police were expected to release more information on the case at a briefing Friday morning.

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