Three-year-old forgotten in daycare van, dies of heatstroke
Three-year-old Damilyn McElveen of Baton Rouge, La. died today after accidentally being left in a daycare van. The blue-and-white van was parked outside of Wanda’s Kids World, according to the Advocate.
Apparently, the child was picked up by an employee of the daycare this morning, and then left in the van all day, when temperatures were in the 90s. Police were notified just before 3 p.m. that daycare workers had found the child in the afternoon, attempted and failed to revive her using CPR.
The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has tips here on preventing such tragedies.
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[...] Slutsky became the second child this week to die in a hot vehicle after being accidently left behind by a day care [...]
What is wrong with people? How can you “forget” a baby in a car? Crazy.