Mother, 27, is charged with murder after her two daughters aged one and two die when they were ‘left in a hot car outside their Brisbane home’
- Two girls aged one and two have been found dead in a car south of Brisbane
- Police remain at the scene outside a home in Logan suburb of Waterford West
- Paramedics desperately tried to revive the two girls but they were too late
- Detectives said the two young girls died from extreme heat exposure
A mother has been charged with murder over the deaths of two young sisters who were left in a hot car outside their home.
The 27-year-old from Waterford West, in Logan, Queensland, who is known to the girls, was charged with two counts of murder.
She is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday November 25.
The sisters, aged one and two, were found by their devastated mother outside their home in Logan, south of Brisbane at 1.30pm on Saturday.
At least two ambulance crews were called to Logan Road in Logan on Saturday
Police are currently speaking to the parents of both children and no arrests have been made
Emergency crews at the scene south of Brisbane, where two little girls aged one and two died
According to 9News, the frantic mother carried them inside to splash water on them.
Paramedics raced to the scene and tried to revive the youngsters but they were too late.
Neighbours saw the children’s bodies being carried from their home.
Detective Inspector Mark White from the Logan Child Protection and Investigation said the children died from extreme heat exposure.
‘QAS made attempts to revive those children, unfortunately they were both declared deceased at the scene,’ he told reporters in a press conference.
‘The two children showed evidence of being exposed to extreme heat.’
Police forensics examine a vehicle outside a property in Logan, south of Brisbane (pictured)
Emergency services were called to the Waterford West property at 1.35pm on Saturday
A neighbour told Courier Mail that her granddaughters saw the two girls being carried out the house soaking wet.
‘My granddaughters saw the babies being carried out of the house soaking wet,’ she said.
‘It is a tragic accident, she was a good mum.’
A crime scene has been established at the home and police are investigating.
Temperatures reached a top of 31C in Logan on Saturday.
The girls, aged one and two, were found unresponsive and paramedics desperately tried to revive them but they were too late
Emergency services rescue more than 2,000 unattended children in cars each year.
The temperature inside a parked car can be more than 30 degrees hotter than outside the car, according to the NRMA.
Up to 75 per cent of the temperature increase occurs within five minutes of the car being closed.
‘A child left in a parked car under those conditions for even a few minutes can very quickly become distressed, dehydrated and can die from organ failure,’ the NRMA website states.
Emergency services (pictured) were called to the property about 1.35pm with reports of two girls left in a hot car
Tributes for the young girls are flowing online with strangers mourning their tragic deaths.
‘Fly high little babies. So sad,’ one person wrote.
‘So very sad poor little bubbies my heart breaks,’ another wrote.
‘Sad to hear .. RIP little angels .. thoughts with the service members that found the kids,’ someone else commented.
‘R.I.P two beautiful angels,’ another wrote.
‘These poor little darlings rest now with your angel wings,’ another comment read.
‘Absolutely heartbreaking for these babies,’ someone else wrote.