1-year-old baby dies after being left in car in hot weather in the US

Scorching heat hit nearly 100 million people across the United States on Tuesday.

Police and paramedics were called to Kidz of the Future Child Care Center in Omaha, Nebraska, to rescue a baby who had been left in a car. Temperatures at the time were in the 86s.

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Police said the child, Ra'Miyah Worthington, was dead on arrival at the hospital. Court documents said the child's temperature was 42.8 degrees Celsius. Her parents are questioning why her absence from daycare was not noticed.

Prosecutors have charged the 62-year-old driver, Ryan Williams, with criminal negligence resulting in Worthington's death, which carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.

According to court documents, he told investigators he was distracted by a boy who refused to get out of the car while unloading groceries.

A second officer stepped out to help the boy out of the car, and Williams closed the car door without performing a search of the vehicle as he normally would, resulting in the Worthington girl being left behind.

“He was responsible for getting those kids in,” said Douglas County Chief Deputy Attorney Brenda Beadle. “That little girl (Worthington) was in that car for five to six hours with temperatures outside approaching 100 degrees.”

State officials said the daycare will close while the girl's death is investigated.

High temperatures in several states, including Nebraska, Iowa and parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, are expected to be up to 20 degrees above average.

In Missouri, firefighters helped remove 117 patients from a skilled nursing facility after the air conditioning failed in the hot weather. Most were taken to other facilities, but seven had Covid-19 and were taken to a local hospital, authorities said.

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