Child dies after accidentally left in car

A 4-year-old boy died on Thursday after being left in a parked car in the central town of Modi’in Illit.

The driver of the car offered to bring the child to kindergarten, but upon arriving around 8 a.m., forgot the boy was in the car and left him there, locking the doors. It was not immediately clear whether the driver is a teacher at the kindergarten or a parent.

When he remembered the boy several hours later, he rushed out to his car, found the child unconscious and called for medical assistance.

Paramedics arrived at 1 p.m. and found the boy dehydrated and without a pulse. Resuscitation efforts were not successful and the child was pronounced dead at the scene.

Temperatures In Modi’in Illit on Thursday reached approximately 33° Celsius (91° Fahrenheit).

Shmuel Segal, of the ZAKA emergency rescue team, said that tragedy was a result of human error.

Police opened an investigation into the incident.

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