A one-year-old boy was found dead inside a blisteringly hot pickup truck in southwest Albuquerque on Sunday evening.
Police have described the death as 'a very tragic incident' and one that occurred while the child was supposed to be under the supervision of a male relative who authorities say, simply forgot he was there.
'It's obviously a tragedy. But a one-year-old - it's really difficult to fathom,' said Albuquerque Police Department Public Information Officer Gilbert Gallegos
The child's parents dropped him off around 10:30am leaving him in the care of a young adult relative.
But what should have been a routine day turned to horror when that relative left the child in the back seat of his vehicle, parked in the sun with the windows closed.
