LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas authorities are investigating the deaths of two children who apparently were left in hot vehicles.
Springdale police Lt. Kevin Lewis told the Northwest Arkansas Times a 2-year-old boy died after his great-grandparents left him inside a car in a Walmart parking lot. Lewis says the child didn’t have a pulse when paramedics arrived.
The child was pronounced dead at Northwest Medical Center.
Lewis says the great-grandparents told authorities they thought they left the child for about 45 minutes, but surveillance footage shows the time was about two hours.
KAIT-TV reports Newport police are investigating the death of a child who was left in a car. A police dispatcher didn’t have any additional information.
Temperatures reached the low 100s in the Springdale area and 96 degrees in Newport.
Springdale police Lt. Kevin Lewis told the Northwest Arkansas Times a 2-year-old boy died after his great-grandparents left him inside a car in a Walmart parking lot. Lewis says the child didn’t have a pulse when paramedics arrived.
The child was pronounced dead at Northwest Medical Center.
Lewis says the great-grandparents told authorities they thought they left the child for about 45 minutes, but surveillance footage shows the time was about two hours.
KAIT-TV reports Newport police are investigating the death of a child who was left in a car. A police dispatcher didn’t have any additional information.
Temperatures reached the low 100s in the Springdale area and 96 degrees in Newport.