Memphis (US), May 20 (AP) A one-year-old child has died after being found in a hot vehicle outside a Tennessee daycare centre, police said.

The toddler was pronounced dead at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital on Thursday afternoon shortly after being found in the vehicle, Memphis police said in a tweet.

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The daycare, Education is the Key Children's Centre, has capacity to care for up to 111 children, news outlets reported.

Further details, including the child's name, were not immediately released.

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News outlets report temperatures Thursday reached 91 degrees in Memphis. (AP)

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