Alabama authorities called on Monday the death of a toddler in a hot car a tragic accident after a contractor for the Department of State Human Resources would have “forgot that the child was in the vehicle”.
Keterrius Sparks, a 3 -year -old child from Bessemer, was declared dead early Tuesday evening after being found inside a hot car in the 1500 Pine Drive block in Birmingham, the Birmingham police department said in a statement. The afternoon temperatures reached the 90s on Tuesday, accompanied by humidity which gave the impression of three figures.
“For the moment, the only thing I can say is that we believe in it [the child’s death] was accidental “,” Birmingham police, Laquitta Wade, told NBC News on Monday, adding that the entrepreneur “forgot that the child was in the vehicle”.
Wade added that the police investigation was underway and that the district prosecutor would ultimately take accusation decisions.
The authorities say that Keterrius, who is in the family investment system, had been recovered by a “contract worker” with the Department of Human Resources of the State of the daycare to a visit planned with the boy’s father, police announced.
After this visit, the boy was supposed to be postponed to the daycare, but ended up at the driver’s home and left inside this car, police said. The authorities were sent to the Prine Tree Drive at home around 5.30 p.m. Tuesday.
“Katerrius was accidentally left inside a vehicle while he was in the care of a third -party contractual worker through the Ministry of Human Resources,” a police statement said. “Birmingham’s fire and rescue service has arrived and said the deceased victim.”
The contractual worker, whom the authorities did not identify, were interviewed by the investigators and “were cooperative”, according to the police press release.
It is still not known how many hours the child was left inside the hot car, Wade said.
“A child in detention of the DHR was transported by a supplier of contracts when the incident occurred,” the Ministry of Human Resources said in a statement. “The supplier has dismissed his employee. Due to confidentiality, the DHR cannot further comment on the identity of the child or the exact circumstances.”
A boy’s family lawyer could not be immediately joined to comment on Monday.