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Texas toddlers die 'after left intentionally in car for 15 hours' | Texas toddlers die 'after left intentionally in car for 15 hours' |
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Two young sisters have died in Texas after their mother allegedly left them in a car for 15 hours in temperatures of up to 32C (90F). | Two young sisters have died in Texas after their mother allegedly left them in a car for 15 hours in temperatures of up to 32C (90F). |
Amanda Hawkins, 19, left the girls, aged one and two, in the car at 21:00 on Tuesday (03:00 GMT Wednesday) to visit friends nearby, police said. | Amanda Hawkins, 19, left the girls, aged one and two, in the car at 21:00 on Tuesday (03:00 GMT Wednesday) to visit friends nearby, police said. |
Her daughters cried during the night but she ignored them, a sheriff said, and returned only at noon the next day. | Her daughters cried during the night but she ignored them, a sheriff said, and returned only at noon the next day. |
Ms Hawkins has been charged with two counts of child endangerment. | Ms Hawkins has been charged with two counts of child endangerment. |
Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer said it was the worst such case he had seen in 37 years on the force. | Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer said it was the worst such case he had seen in 37 years on the force. |
Hot car deaths: The children left behind | Hot car deaths: The children left behind |
Ms Hawkins left one-year-old Brynn Hawkins and two-year-old Addyson Overgard-Eddy in the car to visit a 16-year-old male friend and others at a house in the town of Kerrville, 65 miles (105 km) north-west of San Antonio. | Ms Hawkins left one-year-old Brynn Hawkins and two-year-old Addyson Overgard-Eddy in the car to visit a 16-year-old male friend and others at a house in the town of Kerrville, 65 miles (105 km) north-west of San Antonio. |
The sheriff said the male friend had at some point slept in the car alongside the children but they were not let out. | The sheriff said the male friend had at some point slept in the car alongside the children but they were not let out. |
Ms Hawkins finally took the children out at noon the next day and found them unconscious. | Ms Hawkins finally took the children out at noon the next day and found them unconscious. |
She tried to bathe them, the sheriff said, but fearing she would get into trouble, did not seek medical help immediately. | |
'Smelling flowers' | 'Smelling flowers' |
Only after a friend suggested it did she take them to the nearby Peterson Regional Medical Center. | Only after a friend suggested it did she take them to the nearby Peterson Regional Medical Center. |
She reportedly told staff that she, the teenage male and the children had been at a nearby lake and the girls had "collapsed after smelling flowers". | She reportedly told staff that she, the teenage male and the children had been at a nearby lake and the girls had "collapsed after smelling flowers". |
"They thought maybe they'd gotten into something poisonous - that's what the story was," Sheriff Hierholzer told the CNN affiliate station KABB. | "They thought maybe they'd gotten into something poisonous - that's what the story was," Sheriff Hierholzer told the CNN affiliate station KABB. |
"She left them in the car - intentionally in the car - while her and the 16-year-old male friend were in the house," he said. | "She left them in the car - intentionally in the car - while her and the 16-year-old male friend were in the house," he said. |
The girls were quickly taken to the University Hospital in San Antonio but died at about 17:00 on Thursday. | The girls were quickly taken to the University Hospital in San Antonio but died at about 17:00 on Thursday. |
Police say the charges may now be upgraded. | Police say the charges may now be upgraded. |
Ms Hawkins' husband was reportedly not present during the incident. | Ms Hawkins' husband was reportedly not present during the incident. |
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