Pa. home suspends 2nd worker in death of autistic man left in hot van after outing

2nd worker suspended in autistic Pa. man’s death

LANGHORNE, Pa. — A home for people with disabilities has suspended a second employee following the death of a 20-year-old autistic man left in a hot van after a trip to a suburban Philadelphia theme park.

Twenty-year-old Bryan Nevins was a resident at the Woods Services treatment home. He was not deemed missing until a nurse looked for him to give him medication around 4 p.m. Saturday.

Nevins had returned with two counselors and three other clients around noon from a brief trip to nearby Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pa.

Woods Services said Tuesday that a second residential counselor who chaperoned clients on the trip has been suspended.

Officials previously announced the suspension of a counselor who served as the van driver.

Information from: Bucks County Courier Times, www.phillyburbs.com