Caregiver charged after boy, 4, left in hot car dies
(The Star Health)

A Toronto woman made a brief appearance in court this morning following the death of a child who was left for hours in a hot car Thursday.Zeljna Kosovac, 50, is charged with criminal negligence causing death. The four-year-old boy died after he was left in a red Hyundai parked near Burnhamthorpe and Mills Rds. for about four hours on a day with a high of 26 C. RELATED STORY:Child dies after being left in car in extreme heat in EtobicokeToronto police said Kosovac was a caregiver for the child.Residents of a nearby apartment building told the Star that the boy was found unconscious around 1 p.m. by a superintendent, who smashed in one of the car’s windows to rescue him. Paramedics rushed the boy to the hospital in critical condition, but he later died. With files from Star staff