Twin infants in Georgia are dead after they were found in a baking hot auto, police said.
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Two 16-month-old twins have died after their father allegedly left them alone in a hot vehicle in Georgia.
Chris Dobbs said they responded to a 911 call Thursday evening at a duplex home in Carrollton.
The girls were reported to be 15 months old.
Investigators initially stated that the father found the twins unresponsive inside the auto and took them to a nearby swimming pool in an attempt to “cool them off”.
The twins were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.
The twins’ mother, who is not married to North but lives with him, was not in town at the time, he said.
The high temperature on Thursday in Carrollton was 87 degrees, but it doesn’t have to reach risky levels outside to become a threat to people and animals left in a vehicle.
He said: “There were some individuals holding the infants in a pool and actually had some ice packs also”.
Many neighbors believe that North unintentionally left his children in the vehicle, like in so many other hot auto death cases.
With so many of these deaths occurring, it is important to keep in mind to “look before you lock”- check and double check the back of your vehicle to ensure that no child has been left behind.
The twins’ father, Asa North, 24, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of reckless conduct, according to Dobbs. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had a lawyer who could be contacted for comment. She later arrived to the hospital in Carrollton.
So far this year, at least 24 children in the United States have died as a result of hot cars, according to the national safety advocacy organization KidsAndCars.
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Neighbors said it’s normally quiet in the twins’ six-unit brick building, on a dead-end street in a modest middle-class area 45 miles west of Atlanta.
