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Child Dies After Being Left In Car At Dallas School

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Grief counselors will be on campus at Guzick Elementary in Pleasant Grove on Monday after a child was found left in a car in the school parking lot Friday afternoon.

Police said a witness discovered the baby about 1:30pm and broke a window to removed the one-year old.  The child was pronounced dead at Baylor Hospital.

Dallas ISD officials say owner of the vehicle is a teacher who recently started at the school, and has been questioned by police.  The teacher is also on administrative leave.

School district officials call it a “very tragic situation” and ordered counselors to the school. 

Former KERA reporter BJ Austin spent more than 25 years in broadcast journalism, anchoring and reporting in Atlanta, New York, New Orleans and Dallas. Along the way, she covered Atlanta City Hall, the Georgia Legislature and the corruption trials of Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards.