Grandmother charged in death of Ontario toddler left alone in hot car

MILTON, Ont. - Police have laid criminal charges against the grandmother of an Ontario toddler who died last week after being left alone in a sweltering car.

Leslie McDonald, 51, has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life in the death of her grandson, Maximus Huyskens.

Max died on June 26, a month before his second birthday.

He was laid to rest Wednesday.

Police have said the boy died after "being exposed to high-level temperatures for an extended period of time" in a sedan outside a Milton, Ont., home.

Investigators have said the child was in the care of his maternal grandmother while his father was at work and his mother was at an appointment.