Mum went to work at car dealership and 'left baby to die in hot car outside'

Temperatures reached 31C during the day of the baby's death in Georgia, USA

The American mother of a young baby who died after being left in a hot car has been charged with second degree murder.

Nyla Simmons, 22, allegedly left her baby in the car outside a Georgia car dealership where she worked in October. Her baby, named in an online obituary as Novanni Truvan Simmons, was rushed to hospital in Albany where the child was pronounced dead.

The tot had been born in March, meaning the infant was just seven months old. Ms Simmons was arrested on November 3 and charged with second degree murder and second degree cruelty to children. READ MORE : Dad leaves three-month-old baby in swing to die then flees hundreds of miles READ MORE : Tragic last hours of girl, 2, left to die in