Baby Dies After Being Forgotten In His Nursery Van

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A four-month-old baby died after being abandoned in her nursery van. The little girl, whose identity has not been revealed, was left unsupervised for five hours in the van of her Ewing's Love & Hope Preschool and Academy daycare in Florida. The Jacksonville sheriff's office received a call Wednesday about a baby who was unconscious. When the paramedics arrived they found the baby girl still tied to her seat inside the van. The little girl was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to authorities.

The baby girl was picked up that morning in the nursery van, driven by one of the center's owners, Darryl Ewing, 56. The man said that around 8:25 am the children had been taken down from the van and had entered the nursery. However, the 4-month-old baby girl was left inside the vehicle at a temperature of about 92 degrees Fahrenheit. "The suspect parked the van in front of the nursery and left the vehicle unsupervised with the victim still tied to his chair in the third row of the van," police said in a statement.

The daycare workers did not realize that the girl was still in the van until her mom called around 1:03 pm to make arrangements to fetch the little girl. It was after the call that the employees noticed that the girl had not arrived at the center. It was then that they found her inside the van. "The daycare employees went to the van and discovered the victim in her unconscious baby seat and called the emergency service."

After an investigation, Erwing was arrested for negligence with a minor. His case is still ongoing. A notebook listing all the children who got out of the van and entered the nursery showed that that day Erwing registered two brothers of the victim who did get out of the van, but not the baby. The baby suffered heat injuries, authorities reported during a press conference. Rest in peace.

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