2-Year-Old Dies In Car Trunk

Last updated on Monday, June 20, 2011

(NEW CARLISLE, IN) - A two-year-old Northern Indiana boy has died after being shut in the trunk of his mother’s car.

Isaac Dunner's mother found him and his 4-year-old brother in the trunk of her car at around 3:00PM Friday.

The vehicle had been parked in the driveway of her New Carlisle home on a day when temperatures reached nearly 85 degrees.

Police are investigating how the two boys managed to find their way into the trunk.

The 4-year-old is in critical but stable condition at a South Bend Hospital.

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