HOUSTON (KTRK/CNN) – The medical examiner will determine exactly what caused a 10-year-old Texas boy, who was found inside a clothes dryer, to become unconscious and later die.
Identified by his mother as third grader Fernando Hernandez Jr., the 10-year-old was found inside a dryer in the laundry room at his apartment complex.
Investigators arrived at the Houston apartment complex just before 6 p.m. Friday.
Paramedics performed CPR in an effort to revive Fernando, and he was rushed to the hospital. But doctors pronounced the boy dead.
According to police, several kids were playing hide-and-seek and having “Nerf gun wars” throughout the apartment complex.
Fernando’s mother says he was playing with his 9-year-old brother. She says she saw her son alive and drinking water half an hour before he was discovered in the dryer.
Police are still investigating the incident.
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