An eight-year-old girl in the US was left alone in the car by her mother for about three and a half hours in temperatures of 34 degrees. The child did not survive the heat. According to police, the 36-year-old mother was charged.
Regional media reported that the mother parked the car in the US state of North Carolina and then went to work nearby. The incident took place last Wednesday in the city of Charlotte. The temperature in the region was 34 degrees.
Charge of involuntary manslaughter
According to the police, the 36-year-old mother was accused of manslaughter by negligence, among other things. According to the information, the emergency services found the child in critical condition in the vehicle after an emergency call. He was pronounced dead in the hospital.
Air conditioning turned off
The child was reportedly in the car for about three and a half hours. The mother stated that she had turned on the air conditioning, the station WCNC quoted investigative documents as saying.
The woman further stated that she assumed her daughter had turned it off because she was clearly hot. The mother further stated that she had gone back to the car when she had not received a text message from her daughter for a long time. There she found the eight-year-old foaming at the mouth in the car and called 911.
Authorities repeatedly warn against leaving children in cars in hot weather, which heat up extremely quickly and become deadly traps.
Source: Krone
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