Child dies after accidentally left in car
Driver offered to bring the 4-year-old boy to kindergarten, then forgot he was there
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.