LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A child is dead and a woman is in the hospital after they were found inside a car in Seymour.

Seymour police said officers found the two people unconscious around 8 a.m. Tuesday on Shields Avenue. That's near Ewing Street and Saint Ambrose Cemetery.

Police said the child was found dead. The child's age is not known, police said he was a juvenile male. The woman was taken to a local hospital, but her condition is unknown. 

Police are not yet releasing their names or detailing how they might know each other, but said there did not appear to be obvious signs of trauma.

The coroner is performing an autopsy on the child to determine his cause of death.

Seymour police said the investigation remains ongoing.

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