5 Children Die After Getting Trapped in Trunk of Car
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Five young girls trapped while playing in the trunk of a car died of heat exposure Friday, police said.
Two of the girls were sisters, two were cousins and the fifth was being cared for by the mother of one of the children, said Lt. Charles Illsley, police spokesman.
“They were in the trunk at least 45 minutes to an hour and probably much more than that,” Illsley said. “Clearly, the cause of death is heat exposure.”
Temperatures reached the upper 90s in the Salt Lake City area Friday afternoon. West Valley City is a southwest suburb.
Illsley said there were no witnesses who saw the girls, between 2 and 6 years old, climb into the trunk of the Saturn sedan.
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