A 3-year-old boy dies after being left in a car for nearly three hours in the heat of 90F after his grandmother forgot about him and his uncle found him during Wendy’s trip to Georgia
- Kendrick Engram Jr., 3, was found by his uncle at a fast food restaurant in Columbus on Sunday
- He was left in the car for about 2 hours and 45 minutes
- The daily high temperature in the area was 96F and the lowest 90F
- Kendrick had spent most of the day with his three sisters and grandmother
- They were out all day before returning home at 5:30 p.m.
- The grandmother did not notice that Kendrick was missing until three hours later, when her son – the boy’s uncle – took her car to go to Wendy’s.
By Alistair Talbot for Dailymail.Com
Posted: 15:23, 28 June 2022 | Updated: 15:47, 28 June 2022
A boy from Georgia died in a hot car while driving Wendy after his grandmother forgot about him in the back seat.
Kendrick Engram Jr., 3, was found by his uncle at the fast food restaurant on Wynnton Road Sunday in Columbus after being left in the car for about 2 hours and 45 minutes, according to the Muscogee County Coroner.
He died of suffocation after being left in the car in the heat; the highest temperature for the day is 96F, the lowest 90F, the National Weather Service said in its three-day history forecast.
Kendrick spent most of Sunday with relatives, including his three sisters and grandmother, Muscoggi County Coroner Buddy Brian told local news. They returned home around 5:30 p.m.
“Everyone came into the house except the little boy,” Brian said. “Grandma went into the bedroom, the other children went into the kitchen to eat. Then the kids would come in and out, play … just like the kids do.
Kendrick Engram Jr., three, was found in the third row of a Nissan SUV Sunday around 8:30 p.m. when his uncle went to order food at Wendy’s Restaurant in Columbus, Georgia.
The boy’s uncle had taken his mother’s car to drive 15 minutes to reach Wendy’s on Wynnton Road.
It wasn’t until about three hours later, at about 8:15 p.m., that Grandma noticed that Kendrick was missing when she “called the children and asked about the number of heads, but no one knew where Kendrick was.”
Kendrick was found around 8:30 p.m. after his uncle – who had the vehicle the boy was riding in earlier on Sunday – was called by his mother to see if the child was with him.
When he was at Wendy’s, his grandmother called to see if Kendrick was with him, according to Brian. The boy’s uncle initially denied the child’s presence, but soon found him in the third row of a Nissan jeep.
The young child was pronounced dead at about 9 p.m. tonight.
“Just be aware.” Just be aware. If you’re an adult, be responsible, “Brian said. “The children are innocent. They can’t help themselves and when you have a child, it shifts the responsibility on you.
As of Tuesday, it remains unclear whether the family will be blamed for the death of the three-year-old.
DailyMail.com contacted Columbus Police Department in Georgia for comment.
Kendrick is the seventh child in the United States to die after being left in a hot car this year, and the second in Georgia, according to Safe Kids, who added that more than 100 children died from unattended hot cars in recent years. two years.
Last week, 5-year-old Trace Mines died in the heat of 100 F in Houston, Texas, after his mother, Amanda Mines, 36, left him in the back of a Porsche SUV for two to three hours.
DailyMail.com may reveal a five-year-old Texas boy who was left to die in his mother’s hot car on Monday has been identified as Trace Mins, pictured above with his parents Amanda and Steve and his older sister, 8
Detectives believe she simply forgot that Trace was still locked in the car seat as she headed to their home in Houston for $ 1.4 million to organize his eight-year-old sister’s birthday.
By the time Amanda realized her mistake, the young blond-haired young man – pictured here for the first time in a series of heartbreaking family photos – had succumbed to an alleged heat stroke.
The shocked mother has not been charged, although Harris County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating.
DailyMail.com may reveal that Trace’s parents are going through a divorce and he spent Father’s Day with his father before returning home a few hours before Monday’s tragedy.
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