Officials remark on tragic death of toddler left in hot vehicle
during heat wave
BATON ROUGE - Baton
Rouge Police detectives are awaiting a coroner's report about
the exact cause of death for a child found dead in a hot car
Friday.
Police said Saturday morning, detectives were
continuing to investigate and were awaiting details from an
autopsy.
The child's name has not been released.
During a Saturday morning interview with News 2's Earl Phelps,
Baton Rouge EMS Supervisor, Mike Chustz confirmed that the child
was dead when EMS/Frist responders arrived.
Chustz said,
"It doesn't take long, I would say five to ten minutes, before a
child would start suffering some serious heat, exhaustion
symptoms, and shortly thereafter become unconscious."
Chustz says this is Baton Rouge's only case of a child passing
away due to being left in a hot car, during 2021.
He
added, "One is too many... it's tragedy to see this happen."
Sources told WBRZ Friday, the child was a girl believed to
be about a year old. The child was found dead in a car on Oak
Grove Drive, which is located in a neighborhood just off N
Sherwood Forest Drive.
Neighbors in the area told News
2's Earl Phelps the home operates as a day care.