A 9-month-old baby has died in Texas after being left in a car seat by his grandmother for eight hours, one day after a 22-month-old baby died in a hot car in another part of the state.
The baby was found unresponsive in Beeville on Wednesday around 4 p.m. Local police said on Facebook:.
According to a release from Beeville Police, the grandmother apparently left the child in a car seat in the back of a car around 8:30 a.m.
Temperatures in the city reached a maximum of 105 degrees that day. According to AccuWeather.
Officials added that no formal charges have been filed yet but will be at a later date. The incident is being investigated as a homicide, and the state Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers are involved in the investigation, Beeville police said.
The toddler’s tragic death comes just one day after another fatal car fire occurred in Texas.
A 22-month-old baby died in Corpus Christi on Tuesday after his mother forgot to drop him off at daycare. According to CBS Texas.
According to reports, Hilda Ann Adame, 33, left her little Harley Adame in a parked car between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., the day Corpus Christi recorded a high of 102 degrees. According to AccuWeather.
The mother was arrested on suspicion of injury to a child and abandonment of a child. According to Corpus Christi police.
The department urged caution in a warning posted to its Facebook page Thursday afternoon, accompanied by a diagram showing how temperatures can quickly become deadly.
“It’s another hot day in Corpus Christi,” the post read. “Remember to stay hydrated. High temperatures can quickly become dangerous.”
The Beeville and Corpus Christi police departments were not immediately available to provide comment beyond their official statements.
at least 25 more This year alone, children have died in cars. According to Child and Vehicle Safety.
According to the group, Texas led the state in child deaths in hot cars from 1990 to 2023 with a total of 156, followed by Florida with 118.
