UPDATE: Child Dies After Being Locked in Car in Hibbing, Twin
Brother Released From Hospital
UPDATE:
The Hibbing Police Department has now been informed that one of
the twin boys has passed away while receiving medical care at a
children’s hospital in Minneapolis.
The Hennepin County
Medical Examiner’s Office will be performing an autopsy on the
boy.
The other juvenile male was released from St. Mary’s
in Duluth.
Police added that possible charges on the
father of the children have been sent to the St. Louis County
Attorney’s office for review and a charging decision.
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HIBBING, Minn. – Two three-year-old twin boys that were reported
missing in Leetonia were found unresponsive inside of a locked
car Monday evening.
According to the Hibbing Police
Department, officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of 4th
Street on reports of two missing twin boys.
A citizen
located the twins inside a vehicle near the residence about an
hour and a half later and notified law enforcement.
The
boys were found “unresponsive and in medical distress due to
extreme heat” in the car. Police broke a window to the vehicle
to gain access to the children.
According to reports, one
of the boys was transported to UMCM in Hibbing and is said to be
in stable condition.
The other boy was transported by air
to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis and is said to be in
critical condition.
The incident remains under
investigation but authorities say foul play is not suspected.