Florida father arrested after son left in truck for 8 hours

Sep 12, 2016, 01:40
Florida father arrested after son left in truck for 8 hours

According to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Troy Whitaker, 41, said he left home at 7:50 Friday morning, dropped off his 5-year-old daughter at school, and meant to drop off Lawson at day care but forgot to do so.

Lawson was pronounced dead at a hospital.

A Hillsborough County firefighter accused of leaving his son in a hot vehicle for several hours has bonded out of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Whitaker was charged with one count of aggravated manslaughter in the death of his son.

Deputies in Pinellas County received a call around 4:30 p.m. Friday informing them a 23-month-old boy was left inside of a truck in the driveway of a home in Palm Harbor. He dropped his daughter off, but for some unknown reason, didn't drop his son off. The group was optimistic that 2015's hot auto death rate, which is one of the lowest in recent times was a sign that people were more aware of the danger posed by leaving young children in scorching vehicles.

Whitaker had driven home to study for an exam at the fire department, Gualtieri said.

"You've got to be responsible for your kids".

His body temperature had reached 108 degrees, said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. The sheriff's officers said the boy had been dead for some time. Twenty-five children died in hot cars in 2015. Kate Carr, president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide recommends that parents leave their purse or wallet in the backseat as a reminder that their child is in the auto too.

Prior to Lawson's death, KidsandCars reported there had been 28 hot vehicle deaths involving children in 2016 so far. And now, Whitaker has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

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