“Unfortunately, this is yet another example of why it is extremely important to have effective occupant detection technology as standard equipment in all vehicles as quickly as possible,” stated Janette Fennell, founder and president of “Kids and Car Safety,” the leading national nonprofit working solely to prevent injuries and deaths of children in and around motor vehicles. The good news is that technology exists that can prevent these unthinkable tragedies.
While the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, it has not said whether the mother will face charges.
EMS was called and the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. On that day, they were using a loaner vehicle, however.Īfter two or three hours, Gonzalez said, the mother realized she couldn’t find her son and ran outside, where she found him still in the car seat. “They exited the car, saw the 8-year-old and assumed the other child was out also,” Gonzalez wrote on Facebook, adding that the 5-year-old is usually able to unbuckle and exit on his own. They returned home in a rush to prepare for the celebration, and both mother and daughter hurried into the house without checking the safety seat, according to preliminary information from Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. It was supposed to be a quick trip with the child’s mother and 8-year-old sister to get ready for the sister’s birthday party, in Northeast Harris County. HOUSTON ( KIAH) – A 5-year-old boy left strapped into his car seat for hours under sweltering Texas heat died Monday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
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