MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – The Mansfield Police Department is investigating after a young boy died on Thursday.
According to the police department, officers responded to a medical emergency in the 100 block of Wood Street.
When they got there, officers found the child, around 5 years old, unconscious. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where investigators said he was pronounced dead.
According to Mansfield police, “detectives are currently working the case as this appears the young boy was left in the vehicle during the extreme heat today.”
Weather records showed that temperatures reached 91 degrees in Mansfield on Thursday afternoon.
No charges have been filed at this time, but Mansfield police said detectives are working with the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office.
