Sheriff investigating death
of 2-year-old found in hot car in Scranton, Kansas
A 2-year-old child died after being found
unresponsive Sunday afternoon inside a hot car in
Scranton in northern Osage County, said Sheriff Chris
Wells. Authorities were investigating.
The name
and gender of the child hadn't been made public as of
Monday.
The child apparently "got into the car"
instead of being left there, Wells said.
He said
law enforcement officers and emergency responders were
called about 3:40 p.m. Sunday to a home in Scranton, for
which the address wasn't being made public.
The
child was taken from the scene to Topeka's Stormont Vail
Health, where the child was pronounced deceased, Wells
said.
The National Weather Service at 4 p.m.
Sunday recorded a temperature of 90 degrees and a heat
index of 101 at Topeka, about 23 miles north of
Scranton.