A father whose child died in his car in Saint-Jérôme in August will not be accused of any crime, the Crown confirmed on Monday.

Crown spokesperson Jean-Pascal Boucher, did not give the exact reasons for the decision, only indicating that, following a rigorous analysis of the investigation file submitted by the police, the Crown has made the decision not to lay charges in this case.
   
The baby boy died on August 17 when his father forgot him in his car while taking him to daycare. The toddler was about 11 months old. He had stayed in the car all day.

It was only when the father went to pick up his child at the daycare at the end of the day, when the educators told him that he never dropped him off in the morning, that he realized that his child was still there in the car.

Workers at the daycare rushed to the car and tried to revive the child but it was too late.

 The Saint-Jérôme police had asked the Sûreté du Québec to investigate the incident.