For the second time in just a few days, a child has been found dead after being left inside a car during sweltering hot weather.
Yesterday, we reported on the tragic passing of a four-year old who was left inside the vehicle by her babysitter in Pennsylvania.
In that awful case, the caretaker bypassed the scheduled plan of taking the child to daycare and instead left the little girl inside a boiling hot car for over five hours while the woman went to another job.
By the time authorities were called, it was too late.
The girl was unresponsive and pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital.
Now, sadly, we must pass along news of a similar death.
A local Fox affiliate has confirmed that a two-year-old boy died after being left inside an SUV on Sunday while his parents attended a bible study at Rehoboth Praise Assembly in Dallas.
After being inside the church for 45 minutes, the parents of an infant named Boi Lei Sang realized that the youngest of their five children was missing.
The father therefore rushed out to his 2006 Honda Pilot and discovered the boy unresponsive.
It is unknown how long the child was inside the car for, but the temperature outside was over 100 degrees.
“He was very… looked like bad,” church member Reng Om told CBS DFW of the father and the son after both arrived back to the church.
“He was grabbing his kid, and the kid would not move.”
That’s because the boy was already gone.
“The child was transported to a local hospital where the child was pronounced deceased,” police spokesman Carlos Almeida told ABC News.
Police have said this remains an active investigation.
Boi Le Sang is the 21st child to pass away inside a hot car this year in the United States, according to KidsandCars.org.
Aside from the story that we discussed above, there was a Texas dad in June who left his six-month-old daughter in the car for four hours and then tried to revive the infant by placing her in the fridge.
He was charged with manslaughter.
With record temperatures across the country, it’s more important than ever that parents pay extra attention.
Please be careful out there, everyone.