Coram, NY - August 29, 2018 - Suffolk County Police Homicide detectives are investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in a vehicle in Coram on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
Sixth Precinct officers responded to a residence on Kathleen Crescent after the girl’s mother found her unresponsive in a vehicle in the driveway of the home at approximately 3:45 p.m.
The girl’s mother had been running errands with the 11-year-old girl and two other children. After returning home, the girl’s mother went inside believing all of the children were out of the car. Sometime later, the mother could not locate the 11-year-old girl and checked inside of the car where she found the girl. The mother carried the 11-year-old girl inside the house and called 911.
The girl’s mother began CPR. Police arrived in less than two minutes. Police and rescue personnel from Coram Rescue continued CPR and transported the girl to Stony Brook University Hospital where she was pronounced dead.