A 3-year-old boy who was under the supervision of a contractor forAlabamaA transport driver caused the death of the company’s human resources department on Tuesday.left him unattended in a heated vehicle for around five hours.
The child was recognized by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office as Ketorrius “KJ” Starks Jr, from Bessemer,according to AL.com.
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The car was parked in the driveway of a house with thewindows rolled up.
Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates stated that the boy had been left in the carFrom 12:30 PM to approximately 5:30 PM. He was declared deceased at 6:03 PM.
The temperature in the region reached the mid-to-high 90s on Tuesday afternoon, but when considering humidity, it would have felt like 103 degrees at 1 p.m. and 100 degrees by 5 p.m., as reported by the National Weather Service.
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As stated by the boy’s aunt, Brittney Debruce, the child was under the care of the Alabama Department of Human Resources and was residing in a foster home.
When the caregiver arrived to collect the child from the daycare center, he was absent.
As per Debruce, a transportation driver—who worked as a contractor for DHR to transport children for visitations—picked up the boy and took him to a DHR office in Bessmer for a planned meeting with his father.
Following the visit, Ketorrius was never returned to the daycare.
Debruce and the Birmingham police eventually located the child inside the vehicle. The boy’s mother was subsequently informed that her son had passed away, causing the family great sorrow.
“We are unaware of the situation,” Debruce said to AL.com.
The DHR issued a statement to AL.com regarding the incident.
“A minor under the care of DHR was being transported by a contracted service when the event took place. The provider has dismissed their employee. Because of privacy regulations, DHR is unable to provide additional details about the child’s identity or the specific situation,” the agency stated.
The police in Birmingham are looking into the child’s passing.
The organization that took in Ketorrius is known as The Covenant Services. As stated by Courtney French, the attorney for the Debruce family, after the driver transported Ketorrius from his time with his father, the employee made a stop to do some shopping and purchase tobacco.
The employee subsequently went back to their house and left the child in the vehicle.
The Independenthas asked for feedback from The Covenant Services.
“This is a sorrowful and avoidable disaster,” French said to the outlet.
She calculated that on the day of the event, when the heat index reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature inside the vehicle was probably approximately 150 degrees.
Ketorrius’s parents released a statement, describing the circumstances as their “worst nightmare.”
The parents stated, ‘Our child should be alive.’
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