Child dies after being left in SUV while father worked

The father has been charged with neglect

COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) – Police have charged a father after his child was left unattended in an SUV.

Timothy Paul Blackdeer stopped Collegedale police officers to save his young child.

They performed CPR, but the child was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Officers say they learned that the child had been left in the father’s vehicle for most of the day while he was at work at a construction site.

They have charged Blackdeer with reckless homicide and aggravated child abuse or neglect.