A 5‑year‑old boy in the US has died after he was left in a blazing hot van outside his day care facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, after an employee failed to check the van for several hours.
The boy identified as Christopher Gardner was found unresponsive more than eight hours after the pick-up van arrived at the facility.
Police say the temperature in the van would have been around 60 degrees Celsius and that an employee responsible for making sure no children were left behind failed to check the van.
The temperature in West Memphis on Monday reached 88 degrees.
Source: NBC News
