SALT LAKE CITY – A toddler was declared dead Monday night outside of an apartment complex in Washington County. Investigators said they suspect the child was left in a vehicle.

“At approximately 6:11 p.m., the Washington County Consolidated Communications Center received a call during which they heard the caller screaming. Initially, they were unable to gather information about what was happening and dispatched officers as a 911 hang-up call,” according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 6:13 p.m., first responders eventually determined the report that a child was injured and not breathing, then the caller hung up, according to Charley Guthrie, district chief at Northwest Fire & Rescue.

First responders were dispatched to an apartment complex near East Center St

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