A five-year-old boy died on Monday, June 20, after being left in a car outside the family’s house in Houston, Texas, USA.
According to the local news station KTRK the mother and sister (8) went into the house to arrange for the eight-year-old’s birthday celebration, while the five-year-old was left strapped back in the car.
He is said to have been imprisoned for between two and three hours, before the mother discovered that the son was not in the house with the rest of the family.
Thought the son came after
Police Chief Ed Gonzalez says all three had previously been to a store to shop for the celebration.
To the police, the mother has stated that she thought her son came after, and believes the five-year-old knew how to take off his seat belt.
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According to Gonzalez, the car was a rental car. It is therefore assumed that the boy was not familiar with the car’s mechanisms.
The five-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by health personnel.
It must have been extremely hot the same day, and according to CNN several new heat records were set in the city. At Houston Hobby Airport, among other places, the degree must have measured as much as 38 degrees Celsius.
It is not known if the mother will be prosecuted, writes The Independent.