Father charged over twins' deaths in hot car 'had been drinking'

A father charged with the manslaughter of his toddler twin girls had been drinking before he left them in a hot car, police said.

Witnesses heard screams and saw 24-year-old Asa North running as he carried the girls from the car park in front of their home in Carrollton, near Atlanta, Georgia, to an inflatable pool. Neighbours joined him, frantically trying to revive the girls with water and ice packs.