Investigation into
death of 3-year-old boy found in hot car continues
Temperature in Fort Smith was 100 degrees Tuesday
On what was the last 100-degree day in the summer
forecast, a 3-year-old boy was found in a hot car in
Fort Smith Tuesday. Someone broke out a window and
rushed him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead,
police said.
The temperature at 2 p.m. had topped
100 degrees in north Fort Smith near Midland Boulevard
and Spradling Avenue in the Stone Brooke addition.
The boy was reportedly left in a car parked in the
driveway of a house in the 3600 block of Boone Avenue,
police said.
Grieving people gathered on the lawn
as police investigated what happened Tuesday afternoon.
The death of the boy in a hot car came on the tail
end of a summer heatwave.
The death was the first
one of a child in a hot vehicle in Arkansas since 2020,
according to reports.
Sebastian County Coroner
Kenny Hobbs said there has not been a death of a child
from a hot vehicle since he has took over the office in
2017.