Boy, 3, fatally injured by car's power window

Boy, 3, fatally injured by car's power window
The boy wedged himself in the window and door frame while unattended. The death is being considered an accident and no charges are expected to be filed.
By Francisco Vara-Orta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
12:02 PM PDT, September 12, 2008

A 3-year-old Los Angeles boy died after he wedged himself in a power window and car door frame when his father briefly left him alone, authorities said today.

The boy, Arturo Campos, was apparently left unattended in a vehicle while his father made a telephone call late Thursday, said Capt. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner's office.


The father parked the car on the 2900 block of Broadway near 92nd Street at about 8 p.m., turning off the engine but leaving the key in the ignition with the radio and power on, said Officer April Harding of the Los Angeles Police Department. The father then got out of the car to make a call on a nearby pay phone, making sure he could still see the boy, she said.
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