A five-year-old boy died after he was left buckled in a car seat for hours under the intense Texas heat, police said.
It was supposed to be a quick trip with the child’s mother and 8-year-old sister to get ready for the sister’s birthday party, in Northeast Harris County.
They returned home in a rush to prepare for the celebration, and both mother and daughter hurried into the house without checking the safety seat, according to preliminary information from Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
More than 1,000 children have died in hot cars since 1990.
“They exited the car, saw the 8-year-old and assumed the other child was out also,” Gonzalez wrote on Facebook, adding that the 5-year-old is usually able to unbuckle and exit on his own. On that day, they were using a loaner vehicle, however.
After two or three hours, Gonzalez said, the mother realized she couldn’t find her son and ran outside, where she found him still in the car seat. EMS was called and the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
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