A Chapel Hill daycare worker who left a toddler in a van for hours on Tuesday has been fired.
The mother of the toddler told multiple television stations her daughter was left inside the Operation New Life Child Development Center daycare van for several hours during the record-breaking heat.
A police report shows the incident listed at 6:42 Tuesday evening in the parking lot of the daycare on North Estes Drive.
The mother, Kimberly Cates, says her two-year-old daughter was left in the van for more than six hours during the middle of the day on Tuesday. Cates says the toddler is now in good condition.
The daycare issued a statement saying that the individual responsible had been fired.
The incident is still under investigation.
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