The latest headlines from our reporters in the USA are sent directly to your inbox every weekday

Your briefing on the latest headlines from the USA

Your briefing on the latest headlines from the USA

A nine-month-old child in Texas died after his grandmother left him buckled in a hot car for nearly eight hours.

The incident occurred Wednesday in Beeville, Texas, about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio. Police said the child was found unconscious locked in a car seat around 4 p.m. that day. The car seat was in the grandmother’s car.

The high temperature in Beeville was 105 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday. Texas experienced a day of record heat on Wednesday that left thousands without power.

“Beeville Police investigators are currently on the scene of an apparent temperature-related death of a 9-month-old child,” police said Wednesday. “A preliminary investigation has determined that the child’s grandmother had left the child in the car seat in the back seat of her car since approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning. The child was found unconscious by the grandmother at approximately 4 p.m.”

Police said the incident was being treated as “criminal homicide.” ABC News.

“The Beeville Police Department is assisted by the Texas Rangers of the Department of Public Safety,” the statement said. “At this time, no charges have been filed in this case, however, such charges are expected to be filed.”

According to Kids and Car Safety, there have been at least 25 other cases in the United States in which children have died because their parents left them in overheated cars.

In May, an 11-month-old baby died after his parents left him in a hot car while they drove to church in Florida. Authorities said the baby was left in the car for about three hours while the parents attended the service.

The following month, a Florida man was arrested and charged with leaving a six-year-old child in a locked car while he went to work. The girl later died in hospital from extreme heat. Before taking her for treatment, paramedics on the scene found her body temperature to be 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius). The highest temperature in the Bradenton area of ​​Manatee County was 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) on May 20.

In July, a South Florida mother was charged with child neglect after leaving her 4-year-old daughter in a hot car for more than half an hour while she shopped at Walmart, according to Hollywood police. The child was rescued after witnesses called local police and firefighters to smash the car’s windows. The charges were later dropped.

This month, a six-month-old boy died in Louisiana because one of his parents forgot to drop him off at his daycare. The parent left him in a car as temperatures soared to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). The baby was found in the back seat at around 5:46 p.m. on Tuesday, ABC News reports. On the day of the incident, the heat index in Baton Rouge reached 113 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius).

According to Kids and Car Safety, two children – a one-year-old boy and a ten-month-old girl – died in two separate accidents in overheated cars on August 13.

The group’s data shows that Texas will have the highest number of child deaths from overheated cars between 1990 and 2023, with a total of 155 deaths. Florida is the second deadliest state for children when it comes to overheated cars, with 118 deaths during the same period. California is the third deadliest state, with 65 deaths.