An infant girl died after being left in a van for about five hours at a Westside daycare, an employee told Times-Union news partner First Coast News.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said the girl was likely in the back still in a child safety seat from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Records show temperatures were in the upper-80s to low-90s.

The infant was discovered after her mother called to check on her children at Ewing's Love & Hope Preschool and Academy at 5868 Lenox Ave., and the employee said she didn't know the child was in Wednesday and hadn't seen her. Staff checked their daycare van and found her unresponsive, the Sheriff's Office said.

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First responders tried to resuscitate the child but were unsuccessful, the Sheriff's Office said.

No one had been arrested as of late afternoon as police continue their investigation to determine what charges could be filed. The Sheriff's Office said the daycare would be held responsible. No other children were hurt.

Fourteen children are enrolled at the daycare, which has been in business for two years, according to police.

The facility's director, 51-year-old Glorylan Ewing, was charged with child abuse in 2017. Her Dec. 28, 2017, arrest report said a parent accused her of beating two children, showing pictures of welts on one of their legs. The parent said they were hit with an extension cord for not cleaning the kitchen well enough. Police also observed welts on both of their legs, saying "the skin was broken where the extension cord struck."

Ewing's interview with police is heavily redacted, making it difficult to accurately depict her side of the story. According to court records, Ewing was able to enter into a pre-trial intervention program that allowed the charges to be dropped in March 2019.

It is not known whether Ewing was working at the time of Wednesday's infant death.

In 2018 hot car deaths reached a record level with at least 52 children killed, according to KidsAndCars.org.

The Times-Union contributed to this article.