Baby dies in car after father forgets to bring child to Montreal daycare

A six-month-old in Montreal is dead after being forgotten and left in a car all day.

Police saidthe father forgot to drop the baby off at daycare before going to work.Heonly realized his mistakewhen he went to pick up the child around 5:30 p.m.

Temperatures had reached 25 C in Montreal at that point.

"[The father came] back here to the daycare and asked for his child and from there he was told that the child was not brought to the daycare today," Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant said.

The child was pronounced dead at the sceneand the parents were taken tohospital for shock,Brabantsaid.

Police will meetwith daycare personnel and the parents.

"It's a really difficult situation for the parents but the daycare staff and first respondents as well," Brabant said.

Police investigators and the coroner will work together to understand the circumstances surrounding what happened and determine if any charges will be laid.