Roseburg girl left alone in hot car dies; mother jailed

(Update: Mother says she thought she dropped daughter off)

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – The mother of an Oregon girl who died after being left in a hot car told officers she thought he had dropped her daughter off at day care.

Roseburg police say in an affidavit that 38-year-old Nicole Engler found her 21-month-old daughter unconscious and blue after finishing her shift as a nurse practitioner at Evergreen Family Medicine.

Engler rushed the toddler back to the medical facility, but she could not be saved.

Engler has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Court records do not list an attorney to speak on her behalf.

The outside temperature was about 80 degrees when the toddler was discovered in the back seat Thursday afternoon.

The Roseburg Police Department says the vehicle was parked Thursday in a lot near Evergreen Family Medicine. The child was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center.