Colquitt County child dies in hot car
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A 21-month-old child died Tuesday after being shut in an
SUV at his parents’ house on Tommy Meredith Road.
Damian Elias Leyva,
son of Yaniel and Maria Linda Leyva, was pronounced dead at Colquitt
Regional Medical Center’s emergency room.
Colquitt County deputies
responded to the emergency room about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
“Everything
appears the child succumbed to heat exhaustion,” Sheriff’s investigator
Austin Cannon said.
Cannon said there was a 30- to 45-minute gap
between the last time the parents saw Damian and when they found him inside
the SUV.
Colquitt County Coroner Verlyn Brock said it appeared to
have been a tragic accident, but he said tests are being conducted that will
shed more light on the situation.