Two toddlers found
dead inside car in Georgia
HINESVILLE, Ga. (WTGS) — Georgia police and the GBI are investigating after
two toddlers were found dead inside a car Sunday afternoon in Hinesville.
Officers responded to a call at around 1:45 Sunday afternoon about two
unresponsive children found in a car on Augusta Way.
“First
responders arrived on the scene and made a determination that the two
children were deceased,” said Hinesville Police Commander Tracey Howard.
Officer Howard says the investigation is still under way, but a hot car
death is not out of the question.
He encourages everyone to make sure
their cars are empty when they leave them on hot days like today.
“A
child that’s unable to get outside of a vehicle when temperatures are
reaching 90 degrees like they are today, and have been for the last couple
of days, the temperatures inside the vehicle reach well over 100 degrees and
become a medical hazard,” he said.
Officer Howard also says these
mysterious deaths are shocking to the normally quiet Hinesville community.
“Any time there’s a loss of a child, it’s just a very tragic event no
matter if it’s by natural means or by accident or by some other means,” he
said.