Coroner: Death of 4-year-old left in hot car was accidental
Police work near a house on East Welter Avenue after a 4-year-old boy was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center after being left alone in a hot car on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. The boy died. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
The death of a 4-year-old boy who was left in a hot car in August was ruled an accident by the Clark County coroner's office.
Seth Franz, 4, of Las Vegas, died Aug. 27 after his grandfather was running errands and forgot the boy was in the car, according to Las Vegas police.
Seth was discovered in the car about 6:30 p.m. near East Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard.
He was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where he died of hyperthermia, the coroner's office said Saturday.
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