Pair charged after driving five kids in a hot U-Haul truck
An Ohio man and woman have been charged after authorities said they transported five children in the back of a U-Haul truck on a sweltering summer day.
Brian Dekam, 55, and 26-year-old Jamie Adkins, both of Cleveland, are free on bonds after being indicted on child endangering charges Thursday in Lorain County.
Authorities say the pair was arrested August 2 when they stopped at an Elyria gas station for drinks while traveling to Cleveland.
Concerned city workers stopped the truck from leaving and found five sweat-soaked, flea-bitten children ranging in age from two to 15 inside the cargo box.
The two-year-old was hospitalised for heat exhaustion.
Temperatures that day reached 30 degrees.
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Adkins told police she was babysitting the four youngest children.
Messages were left Friday with attorneys for Dekam and Adkins.
