Grandmother of child who died in hot car warned authorities toddler was ‘in danger’, inquest told

Five-day inquest begins into deaths of sisters who died in car that reached estimated temperature of 61.5C

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The grandmother of a young girl who died when her mother left her in a hot car told protective services the child was “in danger”, an inquest has heard.

Darcey-Helen Conley, aged two-and-a-half, and Chloe-Ann, 18 months, died on 23 November 2019 at Waterford West, south of Brisbane, after the car they were in reached an estimated temperature of 61.5C.

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