WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) _ Triple-digit temperatures in Texas are being blamed in one woman’s death. Authorities say a 56-year-old woman went riding on an all-terrain vehicle near Graham, a rural community 75 miles northwest of Fort Worth. They say she crashed and became disoriented, then started walking in the woods and became dehydrated before she died. Her husband reported her missing nearly four hours after she went riding Friday on the couple’s property, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reported. Texas Department of Safety officials say the body of Angela Rogers was found Saturday after an overnight search. As a brutal heat wave grips the South and Midwest, Dallas has had 100-degree temperatures for at least 10 days in a row –including 108 degrees Saturday in parts of North Texas.
CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) _ North Texas authorities suspect that heat may have played a role in the death of a 4-year-old girl found in her family’s vehicle. But Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford says he’s waiting on autopsy results expected Tuesday before discussing more about the case. Johnson County deputies responded to a missing child report Monday night at a home near Cleburne, about 50 miles southwest of Dallas. The child’s body was found two hours later in the back of the family’s SUV parked in the driveway. It is unclear how long she had been missing before deputies were called. The sheriff tells the Cleburne Times-Review that her death is considered an accident. The Dallas area has had triple-digit temperatures for the past 10 days.
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