"Boy, 3, dies after being left in hot car
HOUSTON - A 3-year-old boy left in his mother's truck in 90-degree heat as she worked her shift at a hospital died, authorities said. The boy's mother told investigators she had forgotten to drop him off at day care. No charges have been filed (AP)."
How do you do that?
(Blog author is dumbfounded)
“The child was aware,” said Lt. John Denholm of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. “He was trying to get out, trying to survive.” Investigators on the case say that the boy got out of his car seat and apparently found an extra key and tried to put it in the ignition switch. “It’s like he was trying to put a window down or open a door but was unable to,” said Denholm.
When his mother finished her shift at work around 3:30 pm she found the boy on the front seat of the truck. She had trouble getting the door open so she smashed the rear window to get to him. He was rushed him into the emergency room but apparently it was too late. Little Cameron was gone.
(Blog author is horrified)
The detectives say he likely had died several hours earlier. They say that the temperatures there can reach as high as 150 degrees inside a closed vehicle in less than 30 minutes. No one can survive that kind of heat in a closed in vehicle.
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And WHAT DO YOU MEAN it HAPPENED the DAY BEFORE?
"This is the second time in as many days that a small child has died in a scorching car. The cases are eerily similar. A 3-year-old boy died Wednesday after his grandmother left him in the car for 10 hours. That woman told police she also forgot to drop the child off at day care before she went to work."
(Blog author has no words to describe what he is feeling)
