2-month-old Kentucky boy dies after he was left in a car for hours, police say - USA TODAY
2-month-old Kentucky boy dies after he was left in a car for hours, police say - USA TODAY |
| 2-month-old Kentucky boy dies after he was left in a car for hours, police say - USA TODAY Posted: 30 Aug 2019 07:53 PM PDT CLOSE  Studies finds that hot cars can become deadly in as little as an hour for children and pets trapped inside. USA TODAY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A 2-month-old boy in Kentucky died of hyperthermia this week after police say a family member unintentionally left the child in a car for several hours. Lexington Police Department spokeswoman Brenna Angel said officers were sent about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a home on a report of a deceased infant. Based on a preliminary investigation, Angel said detectives believe a family member unintentionally left the child in a car for several hours Thursday. Angel said the child was identified by the Fayette Count Coroner's Office as Valen Hakizimana. An autopsy cited hyperthermia as the cause of death, Angel said. Around 4 p.m. Thursday, the temperature in Lexington reached 84 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Hot car deaths: 1-year-old North Carolina boy dies in hot car, police say; 37th death nationally in 2019 No criminal charges have been filed, Angel said, adding that a "specific timeline of events and information regarding the factors involved in this incident are under investigation." At least eight hundred children have died in hot cars since records began in 1998, according to NoHeatStroke.org. Thirty-eight children have now died in hot cars in 2019, with two deaths occurring in Kentucky, according to KidsandCars.org. Cars transform into ovens when direct sunlight heats objects inside. Temperatures can soar to 120 or 130 degrees even when the outdoor temperature is only in the 80s. The body's natural cooling methods, such as sweating, begin to shut down once the core body temperature reaches 104 degrees. Death can occur at 107 degrees. Contributing: Doyle Rice of USA TODAY Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/30/hot-car-death-kentucky-2-month-old-left-car-hours-police-say/2172184001/  |
| Watch: Aaron Donald posts hype video for 2019 season - Rams Wire Posted: 31 Aug 2019 07:00 AM PDT The start of the 2019 regular season is just over a week away for the Los Angeles Rams as they begin their march back to the Super Bowl. There's no lack of anticipation surrounding the upcoming season, especially in Los Angeles. Aaron Donald is entering the regular season with the added benefit of attending training camp for the first time since 2016, so he should get off to a hot start for the Rams. He can't wait to get things started against the Panthers next Sunday in Charlotte and he released a hype video to drive up the excitement for fans. Donald is coming off a season in which he had 20.5 sacks and won his second straight Defensive Player of the Year award. He's been unstoppable the last two seasons, but he could be even better in 2019. He's in excellent shape and said recently that this season should be his best year yet. "Being here now, getting to work now and getting myself in football shape now – ain't gotta come a week before the game trying to get myself in football shape," he said recently. "So going into the season, I'm in great shape, I'm going to be football-ready. So if anything, this should be my best year yet. So got to keep working, keep working on my technique and play my game." September 8 can't get here fast enough.  |
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