LANCASTER, Texas (AP) — Two day-care workers were charged Tuesday with injury to a child after the death of a 2-year-old left unattended inside a van in 100-degree heat, police said.

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Workers at the Little Dudes and Daisies Daycare and Learning Center in Lancaster said that Alan Brown Jr. was inadvertently left in the van Friday afternoon after he and 11 other children returned from an outing to a pizza restaurant.

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