Boy, 5, dies after being left in Arkansas day care vehicle

(AP) – Police say a 5-year-old boy died after he was left in
a day care vehicle all day in eastern Arkansas.

The West Memphis Police Department says the boy was picked up by the day care
at 6:40 a.m. Monday but was never taken inside Ascent Children’s Health
Services, which serves children with development disabilities. Police tell
Memphis, Tennessee, television station WMC that the boy was found dead, still
strapped in a booster seat, more than eight hours later when staff members
prepared to load the van for children to go home.

The boy’s cause of death hasn’t been released but the heat index neared 100
degrees Monday afternoon in West Memphis.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services says an investigation into the
facility is underway.

   

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