Vernal • A Vernal man was arrested and faces reckless child abuse homicide charges, after a child died earlier this week after being inside a vehicle alone for more than two hours.
The temperature inside the vehicle where the unidentified child was left was estimated to be at least 131 degrees.
The man, 34, was taken into custody Tuesday by the Vernal Police Department. The man’s relation to the child, whose age was not shared, was not released by officials.
Police were originally called to the Uintah Basin Hospital Emergency Department following the child’s death. The hospital said the child had a recorded internal temperature of 109 degrees.
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