A 15-month-old child died on Monday, after his father left him all day in a car, on one of the hottest days so far this year.
Ridgefield Police Capt. Jeff Kreitz said the child, Benjamin Seitz, was in the back seat of the car. His father, Kyle Seitz would usually drop him off at his day care center in Ridgefield, before going to buy his coffee and then go to work in Grove Street.
For some reason he did not drop Benjamin off, but went for his coffee and then to work. Apparently, sources say that he went back to his car at lunchtime and went for lunch.
However, when he finally finished work at the end of the day he realized that Benjamin was still in the car, and drove him directly to Danbury hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Ridgefield police were called by the hospital but they have not yet said what charges, if any, will be faced.
This is the third recent incident where children have been left in vehicles, although neither of the other cases was fatal. One was in Orange and one in New London, and both parents were charged with risk of injury to a minor.
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