Child dies in hot car at American Fork business complex
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (KUTV) — A child was
found dead in a car at a Utah County business complex, police
confirmed to 2News.
Police responded to the complex at 42
North 200 East in American Fork around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday where
the 9-year-old boy was located inside a vehicle.
Emergency medical technicians performed CPR and a medical
helicopter was called to the scene, but the child passed away.
It is believed the child was inside the car for approximately
two hours before he was discovered, Lt. Josh Christensen said.
"The vehicle was turned off, all the windows were rolled up,
they weren’t rolled down at all and all the doors were closed,"
Christensen said.
Police said the child was in the care
of a business that provides services to people with intellectual
disabilities.
“It sounds as if he was picked up and
brought here by a staff member, somehow there was multiple
individuals who were brought here by that staff member,"
Christensen said. “Everybody involved is taking this very hard."
Investigators were seen taking temperature measurements
inside the vehicle. Christensen said it is not yet clear if
anyone will face criminal charges in connection to the boy's
death.
This is a developing story, updates will be posted
as they become available. Jeremy Harris will have live reports
from the scene on 2News at 5, and 6 p.m.
12-year-old Utah boy dies after being left in hot car in
American Fork
AMERICAN FORK — A
12-year-old boy died Wednesday after he was left inside a car
parked near an American Fork business on a sweltering summer
day, police said.
The boy was found in the car near Roost
Services, 42 N. 200 East, which provides services for
individuals with developmental disabilities, according to
American Fork Police Lt. Josh Christensen. He was in the care of
that facility when he was left behind by a staff member, he
added.
Emergency personnel received the call about 1:22
p.m. and found the boy unresponsive in the car when they arrived
to the scene, Christensen said. The boy had been left in the car
for upwards of two hours.
Family members identified the
boy as 12-year-old Joshua Hancey, according to a GoFundMe* page.
Police initially said the boy was 9, but family members
clarified he was 12.
"There are no words to describe the
devastation my family is feeling right now," the boy's uncle
wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Josh was a loving child who needed
extra care, and was gravely mistreated."
Temperatures
reached as high as 94 degrees in American Fork by afternoon,
according to the National Weather Service, as an ongoing heat
wave grips the region.