Horror details emerge after two kids 'freeze to death' in van that ran out of petrol Horror new details have emerged following the shock deaths of two children who froze to death in a van that ran out of petrol.
Police chiefs have told how the children - who were two in a family of six - "froze to death" in the extreme cold after they were taken to hospital.
He said: “And so that person conveyed both children to Children’s Hospital, where they were pronounced deceased, with the early indicator being that they froze to death.".
Captain Duda explained that the two children were pronounced dead, with early indications suggesting the two had frozen to death.
Police detained a Detroit mum earlier this week following the deaths of a two and nine-year-old who were taken to hospital after suffering in desperate sub-zero temperatures.
