Flint Man Gets Probation in Hot Vehicle Death

TYLER — The father of a Smith County toddler who died after being found in a hot vehicle last year has received probation. According to KETK, Smith County court records show Russell Lindstrom, 33, of Flint, was sentenced to 10 years adjudicated probation for two counts of injury to a child. Lindstrom, who was indicted October 2, was originally charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of injury to a child; those charges were modified in October, and Lindstrom pleaded guilty January 9.

A 911 call was received in June about two unresponsive youngsters inside a hot pickup with the windows rolled up in the 18000 block of County Road 1100. Bella Lindstrom, aged four, was taken to a hospital, where she died. Her three-year-old sister Zoey was hospitalized and released the next day. Russell Lindstrom was arrested in July at a mobile home park in the 17000 block of Highway 155 South.