2 Children Die of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Two young children were found dead Sunday in the back of their parents’ pickup -- apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.

The children, ages 1 and 5, along with a 10-year-old sibling, were sitting in a camper that covered the bed of the truck while their parents drove from their Mojave home to a jail facility about 50 miles away. When they arrived, the parents opened the camper and found the children unresponsive, the Kern County Sheriff’s Department said.

The surviving 10-year-old child was not identified. Pronounced dead were 5-year-old Jawonn West and 1-year-old Eiyana Washington, authorities said. No other details were immediately available.