3-year-old left behind after field trip dies in hot day care van
HOUSTON —
A 3-year-old boy died Thursday, forgotten in the back of a sweltering bus after a field trip with his northwest Houston day care, authorities said. The boy was on an outing with Discovering Me Academy in the 8000 block of Antoine Drive when two employees — a bus driver and a chaperone — left him on the bus after returning around 3 p.m. from a trip to Doss Park along Frick Road.
He was not discovered until his father came to pick him up around 6:30 p.m., according to Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen. Discovering Me Academy employees looked for the boy inside the day care before realizing he had been trapped in triple-digit heat in the bus parked in the facility's back parking lot, Rosen said.
Deputies believe the boy might have fallen asleep during the 12-minute drive from the park, making him less noticeable to the two employees as they ushered 28 other children off the bus. Rosen said it was not clear whether the boy tried to escape the van before passing out. Deputies recorded the temperature inside the bus as 113 degrees, although that reading was taken after rescuers had opened a door to the bus.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy as they rushed him to Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, but they were unsuccessful. An employee at the day care who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the staff was heartbroken and that the incident doesn't reflect the care the center typically provides.
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