Baby's death outside Lexington day care likely a hot car incident

LEXINGTON - The tragic death of a baby boy outside a day care in Lexington, Massachusetts earlier this week was likely a hot car incident, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney.

The child, who would have been one on August 31, was found not breathing inside his mother's car in a parking lot on Massachusetts Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The parking lot is next to a day care center there. The baby boy was rushed to the hospital, where he died.

In an update Thursday, the Middlesex DA said the boy never entered the day care Tuesday and "he may have been in the car for an extended period of time."

WBZ-TV reached out to the day care's owner Wednesday and she declined to comment.

"It's horrible, you know? None of us could even begin or ever even want to feel what a family could be going through, losing a child," said Lexington Fire Chief Derek Sencabaugh. "The pain that that family is probably going to experience for a lifetime."

The medical examiner will now determine the baby's exact cause of death. The boy hasn't been identified but Sencabaugh said the family is from town.

"It's a tight community," said Sencabaugh. "A lot of people know everybody, so this is going to hurt the community as a whole. There's a lot of pain that will follow with this."

The incident remains under investigation by the Middlesex DA, Massachusetts State Police and the Lexington Police Department.