What This Story Is About
- The Pegram Fire Department is asking the community to pray for the family of a 3-year-old boy found dead inside a van Monday, as well as the first responders who responded to the scene.
Why It Matters
- The department said calls involving the death of a child can take a lasting toll on emergency responders’ mental well-being.
- The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. A GoFundMe has been organized to support the child’s mother and her family with bills and counseling.
Catch Up
PEGRAM, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Pegram Fire Department is asking the community to pray for the family of a 3-year-old boy found dead inside a broken-down van, as well as the emergency responders who were called to the scene.
The child was reported missing from a home on Navaho Trail Monday afternoon. A sibling found him inside a van on the property before deputies arrived, authorities said. Investigators believe he got into the vehicle by himself and was unable to get out.
“Today was one of those calls that will live in every emergency responder [who] was on scene,” the fire department wrote in a social media post. The department urged the community to remember first responders’ mental well-being after traumatic calls…