Sheriff: Florida man arrested after leaving 18-month-old son in hot car
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Medical personnel estimated that the boy’s body temperature reached 111 degrees while left alone in the truck, the sheriff’s office said.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested in Central Florida Thursday after his 18-month-old son died in his hot truck after being left in there for three hours one afternoon in June, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said 33-year-old Scott Allen Gardner left his toddler, Sebastian, “helpless” in a hot truck for more than three hours while he got a haircut and went drinking at the Hanky Panky’s Lounge in Ormond Beach on Friday, June 6.

The sheriff’s office published Gardner’s arrest video on social media.

Medical personnel estimated that the inside of the car reached 111 degrees while Sebastian was left alone in the truck, the sheriff’s office wrote. Nurses said his body temperature was over 107. 

Gardner was located and arrested at his mother’s home in Ormond Beach. The same officer who attempted to revive Sebastian when he was found was the officer who handcuffed Gardner on Thursday.

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