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The police are investigating the death of a 2 year old girl. She was spotted by passers-by inside a locked car.
She appeared to be unconscious when she was discovered. The black car had been locked with the windows down by about 4 centimetres.
The car was in the full sun when the child was found. It appears it was parked in the shade, but the Sun had moved and it was no longer in the shade.
The temperature yesterday reached 28°C. However, the temperature inside the car could have reached 50°C. |
The manager of the shopping centre broke the window of the car to remove the child.
The ambulance was called and first aid applied. However the girl was dead on arrival at the hospital.
‘The day was not very warm, but the car was surprisingly hot inside,’ said the manager of the shopping centre.
A police spokesman said that this was the second incident like this in the last week. The previous incident resulted in a young boy going to hospital.
‘Fortunately he recovered fairly quickly.’
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A government spokesperson said that legislation was being considered to make it illegal to leave children in locked cars.
The Automobile Club warned that there was no safe time to leave children locked in vehicles. Leaving the windows partly open made very little difference.
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