Hyperthermia | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Mon, 09 Sep 2019 01:13:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Hyperthermia | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 Florida day care worker charged in death of 2-year-old left in hot van https://www.insideojodu.com/florida-day-care-worker-charged-in-death-of-2-year-old-left-in-hot-van/ https://www.insideojodu.com/florida-day-care-worker-charged-in-death-of-2-year-old-left-in-hot-van/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2019 22:53:01 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=7396 A Florida day care worker, who reportedly failed to follow protocol and switched off…

The post Florida day care worker charged in death of 2-year-old left in hot van first appeared on InsideOjodu.]]> A Florida day care worker, who reportedly failed to follow protocol and switched off a safety alarm in the van she was driving, has been charged in the July death of a 2-year-old boy who’d been left in the sweltering vehicle for hours.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested Engrid Thurston, 46, on Friday. She has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of Noah Sneed.

Thurston reportedly was released on bond Saturday.

Detectives said Thurston picked up Sneed and other children on July 29, adding that she had disengaged a safety alarm in the van that would have alerted her if she left anyone behind.

Thurston allegedly shut off the alarm – which would make a sound if passengers were left inside – before letting children out of the van that day.

Sneed was found dead in the parking lot of Ceressa’s Daycare & Preschool in Oakland Park on July 29 after he’d been left inside the vehicle for more than five hours as temperatures soared to around 93 degrees, the Miami Herald reported.

A medical examiner reportedly determined Sneed died of hyperthermia.

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