FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two newborn babies have been found abandoned near a Northern California dumpster and one has died.

The infants are believed to be twins. Police say they were found Tuesday afternoon on a road in Fairfield, northeast of San Francisco.

One child died and the other was taken to a hospital. There’s no word on that child’s condition.

Police say a woman who appeared to have just given birth was found nearby and taken to a hospital. There’s also no word on her condition.

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