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Four-Year-Old Child Found Not Breathing In Car

Child Dies After Being Found Unconscious In Hot Car

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7/4/2005 11:21:22 PM

While the Tri-state celebrated Independence Day, an Amelia neighborhood was reeling after news that a neighbor's child died Monday.

Four-year-old Andy Jones died after he climbed into the family car on a hot, muggy afternoon.

Police call it a "tragic accident."

Emergency crews were called to the home after the child's father discovered him in the car unconscious.

The child had allegedly gone inside the car to play with his Gameboy.

Although the child was taken to a nearby parking lot where Air Care could land to take him to the hospital, he was never put into the helicopter.

It was too late.

The Clermont County Sheriff's Department is now investigating the case.

An autopsy is planned for Tuesday.



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Last Updated: 7/4/2005 8:57:22 PM

9News has learned that a young child may have died after being found unconscious in a car Monday.

Air Care was sent to Clermont County Monday after the four-year-old child was found not breathing in a car.

The car was located at a home on Tanbark Court near Batavia.

The Clermont County Sheriff's Department was also on the scene.

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