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   A Port Arthur man and his dog died Monday in a maddening and tragic accident after an electronic malfunction trapped them in his recently purchased 2007 Corvette, a car without manual door locks. 
   
   Police believe James Rogers, a 72-year-old Port Arthur man, and his Shih Tzu, "Baby Girl" Leia, died of heat exhaustion after Rogers used tools to try to pry himself from the vehicle and attempted to get the attention of passersby at the Waffle House parking lot on Jimmy Johnson Boulevard. 
   
   Rogers got to Waffle House to have his usual, daily cup of coffee at about 8 a.m. and went to check on his dog at 11:55 a.m., said Maj. Raymond Clark with the Port Arthur Police Department. 
   
   Rogers left his cell phone charging inside the restaurant. 
   
   Investigators suspect that an unsecured cable became loose when Rogers got in the car and shut the door, causing the Corvette to lose power. 
   
   That disabled the locks and horn, Clark said. 
   
   Police found fingerprints on the window, leading them to believe he tried to get someone's attention. 
   
   Since the car was new to Rogers, he was probably unaware of a door release on the floor next to each seat, a function listed in the 2007 Corvette manual. 
   
   
   
   A representative from Corvette Specialists, a Beaumont Corvette maintenance facility, said a 2007 Corvette is no different from a Chevrolet Impala, Ford Mustang or any other car manufactured at that time. 
   
   
   
   An autopsy will be performed to determine Roger's exact cause of death. 
   
   Rogers was a Thomas Jefferson High School grad and a U.S. Army veteran. A visitation from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday will precede a 7 p.m. funeral at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. 
   
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   The man has been identified as James Rogers, 72, of Port Arthur. (Photo: KBMT / family photo) 
   
   PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- A Port Arthur man took his last breath in what he considered to be his dream car. 72-year-old James Rogers and his dog Leia got trapped inside his 2007 Corvette Monday afternoon. 
   
   Police believe heat exhaustion eventually killed the two. 
   
   Rogers' daughter Tricia Hernandez says her it's heartbreaking that his dream car ended up taking his life. 
   
   The freak accident happened in the parking lot of the Waffle House on Jimmy Johnson Boulevard in Port Arthur, where Rogers was a regular. M.J. Ponsegrau, another regular. was called to the scene by employees to try to get Rogers and his dog out. 
   
   Photos: Man dies after being trapped in car 
   
   But Ponsegrau says the two were already dead. 
   
   Mike Flash, owner of Corvette Specialties, told 12News that the 2007 Corvette has a manual release located on the floorboard by the driver's seat. But Rogers did not know that. 
   
   Ponsegrau says Rogers was not the only one unaware of that. He says he, along with first responders, also struggled finding away to get Rogers o out of the car. 
   
   Ponsegrau says eventually firefighters had to break the window. 
   
   He said, "There's is a way to get in, but it's not common knowledge." 
   
   Hernandez says police believe her dad made a valiant effort to escape, and possibly died while looking through the car's manual. He could not call for help because he had left his phone inside Waffle House. 
   
   As strange as the accident seems, 12News has learned it's not isolated. We spoke to a Groves man named Isabel Moreno. Moreno told us he owned a 2006 Corvette, and one day he got trapped inside of it in his garage, when the battery went out. 
   
   Fortunately he says in his case, after awhile the battery started recharging itself enough to be able to roll the window down, and he was eventually able to get out safely. 
   
   Rogers funeral will be at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with Reverend D. Stephen McCrate officiating. 
   
   A visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday evening from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. 
   
   Rogers is survived by three children and five grandchildren. 
   
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target: – The 2007 Corvette has an emergency door-release handle on the floor by each seat, according to the manual—and if he had known that, 72-year-old Texas man James Rogers would probably be alive today. The Port Arthur resident died along with his pet Shih Tzu in a Waffle House parking lot on Monday after becoming trapped in the car, apparently because of an electrical problem, KHOU reports. Police believe the vehicle lost power to the locks and horn because of a loose battery cable and that Rogers and his dog died of heat exhaustion after he was unable to escape the vehicle or attract the attention of passers-by, reports the Beaumont Enterprise. Rogers, who had recently purchased the vehicle, left his cellphone charging inside the restaurant while he went to check on his dog and was unable to call for help, police tell the Enterprise. After he was noticed inside the car, firefighters broke in but found Rogers and his dog were already dead, 12 News reports. His daughter tells KHOU that the Corvette was her father's dream car. She says she believes her father made every possible effort to escape and may have died while reading the car's manual. (A Utah woman who had a premonition found her husband trapped under a car.)