Toddler dies after being locked in car in Jerusalem

A toddler dies after being locked in a car in Jerusalem, where the temperature climbed into the mid-80s °F.

The parents say the 3-year-old boy was not forgotten in the vehicle, but went inside the car himself. Other reports put the boy’s age at 4.

Medics attempted resuscitation efforts and brought the child to a Jerusalem hospital after finding him in critical condition, but the rescue attempt was unsuccessful.

“The boy was hot to the touch, and had apparently been inside the closed vehicle for a long time,” a first responder from Magen David Adom says.

A spokesperson for a medical group says the child was from East Jerusalem and was locked in the vehicle during Eid al-Adha celebrations.

The boy had been playing with other children when he was accidentally trapped in the vehicle, the Walla news site reported.