Nine-month-old baby dies after being left in hot car for several
hours in Pace, SRSO says
A nine-month-old
child died in Pace last week after being left for several hours
inside a locked hot car, according to the Santa Rosa County
Sheriff's Office.
The SRSO announced Monday that it had
launched an investigation into the death. No arrests had been
made in the case as of Monday afternoon.
The SRSO
received a 911 call about the child at about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday
from a caller who said the baby was found unresponsive in a car
parked in the 4600 block of Ephrem Lane in Pace.
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"When our guys got
there, the child was already out of the vehicle and on the
ground, and other people were trying to provide treatment," SRSO
spokesman Sgt. Rich Aloy told the News Journal.
The
deputies took over the situation and immediately began
life-saving measures before EMS arrived and assumed advanced
life support efforts, Aloy said.
The child died at the
scene.
No one has been charged in the child's death as of
Monday, but the case remains opens.
"Those who were
responsible will be held accountable," Aloy said.
“Any time there’s a loss of a child, it’s just a very tragic event no
matter if it’s by natural means or by accident or by some other means,” he
said.