Monday, July 21, 2008

Boy Left in Hot Car on Mom's Wedding Day Dies

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --(AP) -- West Palm Beach authorities say a mother on her wedding day left her 4-year-old son waiting in a hot car. The boy later died at a hospital.

Officials say the boy may have been in the car for more than two hours. Temperatures outside had reached 90 degrees.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that 29-year-old Mirland Baptiste may not have known the boy was in the car.

She dropped off other children at a relative's house Saturday before going to the nail salon.

She was supposed to get married later that day. Instead, the family mourned the boy's death at the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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