1 child dead, another hospitalized after being found in hot car

Mary Taylor / Source: Roosevelt County Detention Center

Sandi Taylor / Source: Roosevelt County Detention Center

PORTALES, N.M. (KFDA) - A Portales infant has died and a second child has been hospitalized after being left in a hot car Tuesday afternoon.

Portales police responded to a call around 3 p.m. for what was described as infant children who were left in a hot car at an in-home daycare.

One child was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was taken to a Lubbock hospital and is in stable condition as of Wednesday morning.

Authorities believe the children were inside the vehicle for about two hours.

Police arrested 31-year-old Sandi Taylor and 62-year-old Mary Taylor in relation to the incident and both remained jailed. They performed CPR on the children until police arrived.

The daycare reportedly took multiple children to a park earlier in the day. Authorities say they became distracted after the trip and unintentionally left the two children inside the car back at the daycare.

A GoFundMe account identifying itself as being close to family was created early Wednesday. More than $2,000 was raised in the page's first eight hours.

Temperatures in Portales reached the mid-90s on Tuesday.