Two hospital workers have been charged in connection with the death of a man left in a scalding hot bath, investigators said.

Kylah Beard, a certified nursing assistant, and Delilah Clayburn-Hill, a registered nurse, have each been charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.

A nurse and nursing assistant have been charged in relation to an incident last year at Hopemont Hospital in Preston County where a nonverbal patient was left in scalding water and sustained burns that eventually led to his death.

Kylah Beard and Delilah Clayburn-Hill were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult's death.

Larry Hedrick died on January 12 last year, about a week after he was left in 56-degrees Celsius water for 47 minutes at Hopemont Hospital in Preston County, where he required round-the-clock care.

Registered nurse Delilah Clyburn-Hill and certified nursing assistant Kylah Beard have been charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver.

Two former nursing staff members of a state-run hospital have been charged in the death of an elderly, non-verbal patient left in scalding hot water during an incident there last year. Kylah Beard, a certified nursing assistant of Morgantown,