A three-year-old boy has died after he was found in a hot
car outside his family's home in northern Houston. Houston fire spokesman Ruy
Lozano says the Evan Trapolino's heart stopped beating after he was found in
the car about 2 p.m. Thursday.
He was taken to Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, where he
died shortly after arriving.
Investigators say it's unclear how the boy came to be in the
Volkswagen Passat parked in the front yard.
However, investigators say little Evan managed to open the
front door to the house and then got inside the car and crawled in the back
seat.
He was unable to get out due to the car's child locks.
Investigators are still trying to figure out why he got in the car, but said he
could have been looking for a toy.
A neighbor, Chris Johnson, tells Click2Houston Chronicle
that the child may have wandered from the family home and was playing outside
when he ended up in the car and that the community is taking the loss
hard.
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