BOY, 8, PULLED OUT OF HOT CAR.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Police had to break into a black Mercedes-Benz on Friday to rescue an 8-year-old boy who had been left in the 100-plus-degree heat as his father went on an errand er·rand n. 1. a. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another. b. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter. 2. , police said. Motoo Suminokura, 48, was detained by officers around noon after returning to the Burger King parking lot at 6060 Lankershim Boulevard, said Lt. Nick Zingo of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . Suminokura was not arrested but police plan to forward the case to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney's Office for possible filing of criminal charges, said Officer Don Cox, a department spokesman. ``It's hot today and (here is) a safety tip . . . don't lock your children in the car with the windows up, and don't lock your animals up. They can die of heat exhaustion heat exhaustion, condition caused by overexposure to sunlight or another heat source and resulting in dehydration and salt depletion, also known as heat prostration. The symptoms are severe headaches, weakness, dizziness, blurred vision, and sometimes unconsciousness. ,'' Zingo said. On Wednesday, prosecutors charged a La Canada Flintridge man, Neil Arthur Jones Arthur Jones is the name of:
That boy had been locked inside about two hours, Zingo said. Police got a call at 11:50 a.m. Friday from someone who saw the child in the back seat of the Mercedes-Benz. Officers tried to get the listless (programming) listless - In functional programming, a property of a function which allows it to be combined with other functions in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures, especially lists. boy's attention by knocking on the window. He appeared to be awake, but was not responding, Zingo said. The boy was in a sleep mode, ``like he was going to go unconscious,'' Zingo told reporters. Firefighters were summoned and paramedics administered aid to the Tarzana boy, who was expected to be OK. About 10 minutes after the boy was pulled from the car, Suminokura showed up. He told police he had been gone only about 15 minutes. Suminokura was questioned and eventually released. The boy was released to his parents. |
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