How do you screw up like this?

For the first time in years I was left speechless. My sister used to take care of the boys when she was in school. How do you "Forget" a 6'4" man in a minivan?

http://wcbstv.com/local/autistic.man.dies.2.1828006.html

Autistic Man Left Behind, Dies In 130-Degree Van 20-Year-Old From Long Island Was On Trip To Sesame Place In Bucks County, Pa., But Was Forgotten By Counselors Reporting John Slattery OCEANSIDE, N.Y. (CBS) ―

A 20-year-old autistic man from Long Island is dead after police said he was left to bake in a hot van following a trip to Sesame Place.

The victim's aunt said the young man's parents were too shaken to speak of the tragedy.

"I don't know what's in a person's head. Leave him in a car, helpless?" Jeanne Greco said.

Dead is 20-year-old Brian Nevins, who was severely autistic and lived at Woods Services, in Middletown, Pa., a residential facility for people with exceptional needs.

On Saturday, Nevins and three other clients were taken by van, along with two counselors to Sesame Place theme park. They returned to the group home around 12:30 p.m.

"The driver dropped off one of the counselors, who took his clients to the room," said Jeffrey Stroehnle of the Middletown Township Police Department.

But for some reason, Nevins was overlooked, and left alone in the van and not discovered for five hours.

The Bucks County coroner believes the young man died within an hour of being left in the vehicle, where temperatures could have reached 125 to 130 degrees.

"How this could have happened, how do you leave ... How do you forget someone like that? I don't understand it. I don't understand it," Greco said.

Brian was one of triplets. His brother, who also lived at the group facility, has now been brought back to the family home, according to their sister, Kelly, one of the triplets.

"Like a child, a sweet child," Greco said of the victim.

At this point, no criminal charges have been filed, but a spokeswoman for Woods Services said one staff person has been suspended.

The Bucks County coroner determined that Nevins died of hyperthermia -- a heat related illness. He will be buried Wednesday. He and his brother had lived at the group home for six years.

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How do you screw up like this and not wind up in jail is my question. Nobody charged? People would be up in arms if a pet were treated like this. For a disabled man to be left to bake to death and nobody be charged with any crime, I don't understand that.

I am hoping charges will be coming once the investigation is over.

That's the most terrible thing I have heard in a while.

I agree. Charges better be forthcoming

that's incredibly sad, I can understand the family's reaction. I hope these people do some hard time.

Charges are waiting until the person(s) responsible have been forced to wait in a locked car in the hot sun for a couple of days without water. Yepp, that's the least that they deserve.

So if you were a part of the man's family and you trusted your family members life to a small group of caregivers for six years, how likely would you be to befriend and trust those caregivers?

you know.. in some ways I can see it happening to a small child.. especially on a bus. tall seats combined with small kids sometimes make it hard to keep track of the rugrats.. but there is NO excuse to lose a 6'4" adult.

not that there is any excuse to leave a human or an animal in a hot car anyway

On Saturday, Nevins and three other clients were taken by van, along with two counselors to Sesame Place theme park.

Let alone the 6'-4" man in a minivan thing: How do you forget one of the TWO people you are charged with caring for? There were a total of 4 clients for 2 counselors. That makes a grand total of 2 people they each had to care for...

yes, that baffled me too.. how do you forget half of your job?

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someone needs their reproductive bits burned slowly at 130° until they no longer function...end then spend the next 30 in a 6x8.

That is terrible. There was a sensational and horrible case down here where an employee of a nursing home took her kids to work with her and left them in the car all day. Of course they died of heat stroke. I'm guessing these homes do not hire people for their common sense...

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