Baby girl dies after she's left in hot van outside Florida day care for 4.5 hours; day care owner arrested
A Florida day care owner was arrested on child neglect charges on Wednesday after a baby girl died in a scorching hot van outside of the facility.
It's believed she suffered a"heat-related injury," Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Brian Kee said at a news conference. Her name was not released.The temperature reached 92 degrees in Jacksonville on Wednesday."The suspect, Darryl Ewing, was the sole driver of the van the entire time. No other employees were on the transport van during the transit to the center," the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a statement Wednesday evening.
"Interviews of other daycare center employees indicated it is the van driver’s responsibility to check and make sure children are offloaded from the van at the daycare center," it added.
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