Eight-year-old dies after hours in hot car
A woman in the USA goes to work, her eight-year-old daughter is left in the car - at 34 degree Celsius outside temperature. After three and a half hours in the heated car, help comes too late for the child.
An eight-year-old girl has died in the US state of North Carolina because she was left in a hot car by her mother. Regional media reported that the mother had parked the car and then gone to work nearby. The incident occurred last Wednesday in the city of Charlotte. The temperature in the region was 34 degrees.
The 36-year-old mother was reportedly charged with child neglect by the police. According to reports, officers found the child in critical condition in the vehicle after receiving a call. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital. The child had reportedly been in the car for approximately three and a half hours.
The mother reportedly told police that she had turned on the air conditioning, according to WCNC's investigation documents. She also reportedly stated that she believed her daughter had turned it off because she seemed hot.
Furthermore, the mother stated that she had returned to the car when she had not received any text messages from her daughter for a long time. There, she found her eight-year-old daughter with foam at the mouth in the car and called for help. Authorities repeatedly warn against leaving children in hot cars. They heat up extremely quickly and can become deadly.
The mother faced international scrutiny following the tragic incident in the USA. Despite turning on the car's air conditioning, the extreme weather conditions outside led to the child's deaths.
