United States: A 5-year-old Houston area child died on Monday after being left inside a vehicle for two to three hours in the middle of triple-digit temperatures.
Units with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 13700 block of Blair Hill Lane and found the boy unresponsive, according to the sources.
Moreover, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez mentioned the mentioned and her 8-year-old daughter went inside a home when the mother noticed the child was not inside the house hours later.
He shared the information, “Shed frantically ran outside and discovered the 5-year-old still buckled in his car seat.” The death happened as the family was preparing to celebrate the girl’s birthday.
Along with this, the mother informed the investigators that the child knows how to unbuckle himself and get out of the car. The vehicle was described.
The authorities did not say if the mother would face charges. In 2021, 23 children died from hot car deaths, as per the National Safety Council. In 2018 and 2019, the group highlighted a record of 53 children who died after being left in a hot vehicle.
In addition, the records have been broken with the high temperature in Houston reaching above the 100-degree mark. As per the sources, it has been indicated that the temperature is going to reach the upper-90s on Tuesday and Wednesday before returning to 100 and above.
