Heat in Darlington, South Carolina

Heat May 8, 2014 · Darlington, South Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man accidently left his sleeping 13 month old daughter in the back seat of his car, parked on 5th street near Carolina Printing, where the father works. The baby was left unattended for three hours. The autopsy determined the little girl died from hyperthermia due to the extreme heat. The high temperature that day was in the low to mid 90s.

The wider storm

An infant was left unattended in a car and died due to hyperthermia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 517769. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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