4-year-old boy dies after being left in hot car
Police work near a house on East Welter Avenue after a 4-year-old boy was taken to Sunrise Hospital after being left alone in a hot car on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. The boy died. Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal. Follow @RJgreg09
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A 4-year-old boy died Thursday night after he was left in a hot car in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
The child was discovered in the car about 6:30 p.m. near East Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
A Metro supervisor said the boy's grandfather was running errands and forgot the boy was in the car.
The boy's identity and official cause of death will be released by the Clark County coroner's office. Additional information was not immediately available Thursday night.
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