In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
Another needless death!
alledan
Member Posts: 19,541
Philadelphia-AP -- A Philadelphia man is being charged with involuntary manslaughter after his two-year-old granddaughter died yesterday while sitting in a steaming hot car for nearly eight hours.
Prosecutors say Calvin Howell was criminally negligent when he apparently forgot to drop the girl off at a baby-sitter's home before going to work. Temperatures yesterday soared into the 90s.
An autopsy confirms the child died of heat stroke.
Howell left the car sometime around 7 a-m yesterday to work a day shift at the city sanitation department, and then visited a car repair shop before noticing the girl's slumped body at around 2:30. The toddler was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Howell faces a maximum jail term of 19 years if convicted.
Prosecutors say Calvin Howell was criminally negligent when he apparently forgot to drop the girl off at a baby-sitter's home before going to work. Temperatures yesterday soared into the 90s.
An autopsy confirms the child died of heat stroke.
Howell left the car sometime around 7 a-m yesterday to work a day shift at the city sanitation department, and then visited a car repair shop before noticing the girl's slumped body at around 2:30. The toddler was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Howell faces a maximum jail term of 19 years if convicted.
Comments
Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
I have eight cracker crumblers,curtain climbers and rug rats. i couldd't forget one unless i had alzheimers etc.
I also have a hard time imagining how slow death came upon this little one and the sufferage she endured.
The grandfather was competent enough to work a job and move about on his own. Surely he had to remember her in his vehicle. Being a parent or grandparent requies much constant diligence!
But I don't think the System can impose a punishiment more severe than the Self-Imprisonment and Canyons of Hell he has put himself in knowing he is the cause of this Tragedy.
Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
Edited by - RugerNiner on 08/13/2002 21:57:41
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
Strikes me as another case of "I didnt want to get involved" or "Its none of my business"..
One woman's opinion