VEYO, Utah (KSL.com) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy, who was apparently left in a car.

Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called just after 6 p.m. on Monday to an apartment at 12 N. Main Street. Initially, 911 dispatchers “received a call during which they heard the caller screaming. Initially, they were unable to gather information about what was happening” and sent deputies to the scene after classifying the call as a “911 hangup,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office Wednesday.

Deputies arrived to find an unresponsive young boy who had been discovered inside a vehicle, said Washington County Sheriff’s Sgt. Lucas Alfred. The boy was out of the vehicle by the time emergency crews arrived, but was pronounced dead

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