HOUSTON—A 5-year-old boy has died after being left in a vehicle in the Houston area as his mother prepared for a birthday party and as temperatures soared past 100 degrees, authorities said.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the boy died Monday as his family was getting ready to celebrate his 8-year-old sister’s birthday. The boy, his sister, and his mother went to the store to buy some items for the party, and when they returned home, the mother assumed both children had got out of the car on their own.
