Florida jury acquits driver in girl's death in day care van
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury has acquitted a day care driver in the death of a 3-year-old in a hot van.
The Pensacola News-Journal reports that 27-year-old Cornel McGee stood trial Wednesday on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child by culpable negligence in the death of Jai'Nier Barnes last August.
McGee picked up the girl from her Pensacola home and drove her with several other children to In His Arms Christian Academy. Another employee, 28-year-old Louvenia Johnson, testified she had been distracted while unloading the children from the van.
Jai'Nier was found in the vehicle about four hours later. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.