Uncle Discovers Dead Nephew Left in Hot Car at Wendy's Drive-Thru in Georgia After Grandmother Forgets About Him

A Georgia boy died in a warm automobile at a Wendy's drive-thru after his grandmother forgot about him in the back seat.

Kendrick Engram Jr, three, was discovered by his uncle outside the fast-food restaurant on Wynnton Road in Columbus on Sunday after being left inside the car for about 2 hours and 45 minutes, according to the Muscogee County Coroner's Office.

Georgia Boy Dies in Hot Car

He died of asphyxiation after being left in the hot automobile; the day's maximum temperature was 96 degrees Fahrenheit, and the low was 90 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service's three-day prediction. According to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan, Kendrick spent most of Sunday with relatives, including his three sisters and grandmother. They got home at 5:30 p.m.

It didn't happen until approximately 8:15 pm said after Kendrick went missing, his grandmother "went out to the children and enquired about a head count, and nobody knew where Kendrick was." Kendrick was discovered at 8:30 pm, when his mother contacted his uncle, who owned the vehicle the youngster had been traveling in earlier that day.

According to Bryan, the grandma contacted him while he was at Wendy's to ask whether Kendrick was with him. The boy's uncle first denied his presence, but he was soon discovered in the third-row seat of a Nissan SUV.

Around 9 pm that night, the youngster was pronounced dead. As of Tuesday, it was unclear if the family will face charges in connection with the three-year death. old's On Tuesday, a Go Fund Me website was set up in the boy's honor, with a $10,000 objective to cover his burial expenses. So yet, only $50 in donations have been made.

Kendrick was characterized as "energetic, loving, and full of life!" in the fundraising. He is survived by his mother, Yolanda Thomas, and father, Kendrick Engram, as well as six siblings. According to the National Safety Council, this is the sixth heat-related fatality of a youngster in a car this year. According to the council, 38 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a car.

As reported by CNN, a 5-year-old kid died in Texas last week after being left inside a car outside his family's Houston house. In Virginia, an 18-month-old boy died after being stabbed. The cause of death for the youngster was not specified by police, although the peak temperature in Midlothian, roughly 20 miles west of Richmond, was around 81 degrees Fahrenheit that day.

Similar Cases in US Increased

As per Safe Kids, Kendrick is the seventh kid in the United States to die after being left in a hot car this year, and the second in Georgia. Over the previous two years, more than 100 children have died after being left alone in a hot automobile. Trace Means, five, died last week in Houston, Texas, when his mother Amanda Means, 36, abandoned him in the back of a Porsche SUV for two to three hours.

Detectives believe she just forgot Trace was still strapped into his car seat as she entered their $1.4 million Houston house to give his eight-year-old sister a birthday party. By the time Amanda discovered her error, the bouncy, blonde-haired toddler had died of probable heat stroke, as shown in the first of a series of tragic family images.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is still investigating, despite the fact that the mother has not been charged. Trace's parents are divorcing, and he spent Father's Day with his father before being dropped off at home a few hours before the tragedy on Monday.