GoFundMe set up for Columbus toddler who died in hot car
A GoFundMe account has been set up to cover the funeral and burial expenses for a 3-year-old boy left in a hot car for nearly three hours.
Kendrick Engram Jr. was pronounced dead around 9 p.m. Sunday in the Wendy’s parking lot on Wynnton Road.
According to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan, Engram and three other children went to church with their grandmother around 11 a.m. After eating lunch and visiting the children’s mother, the grandmother took the children to her home around 5:30 p.m.
The other children got out of the vehicle, but Engram remained inside.
At approximately 8:15 p.m., Engram’s uncle borrowed the car to go to Wendy’s. Shortly after he left, the grandmother realized that Engram was missing.
She called the uncle, who found Engram in the vehicle.
In the U.S., Engram is one of seven who died from pediatric vehicular heatstroke in 2022, according to NoHeatStroke.org, a group that tracks such data.
This story was originally published June 30, 2022 at 12:15 PM.