Baby, 1, dies in hot car during France heatwave in 4th case in just days
Firefighters found the 18-month-old unconscious in a parked car, and police opened a manslaughter probe after the child died from hyperthermia.
- On Thursday, a three-year-old boy died after becoming trapped in a family car in Saint-Gratien north of Paris, marking the third such death this week, Pontoise public prosecutor Guirec Le Bras announced.
- France continues to swelter under an exceptional heatwave, with 72 departments on red alert and 17 on orange alert as meteorological services warn temperatures could rival the 2003 episode that caused nearly 15,000 deaths.
- Earlier in the week, two children aged two and four died in Carpentras on Monday, while an 18-month-old died Tuesday in Marseille after being found unconscious in a university parking lot.
- Authorities have launched manslaughter investigations into the incidents, with police sources informing Le Parisien that parents in some cases claimed to have "forgotten" their children inside vehicles.
- Around 63 million people are expected to face temperatures above 30°C, as Pontoise public prosecutor Le Bras urged residents to stay out of the sun during the hottest parts of the day.
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An 18-month-old baby died after being found unconscious in a car in the car park at Aix-Marseille University's medical campus on Monday, June 22.
An 18-month-old baby has died after firefighters found him in a car in a hospital parking lot in Marseille, France, on Monday. According to BFMTV, one of the parents had apparently forgotten him in the car and gone to work. The temperature in Marseille was around 33 degrees Celsius that day.
A toddler found in a hot car during a severe heatwave in the French city of Marseille has died in hospital, health authorities said on Friday, the latest such death in the country this week.
In car found in parking lot in France. Child was forgotten by one parent. Rescue measures came too late.
A baby died after being found unconscious and in hyperthermia in a car in the car park at Aix-Marseille University Medical Campus
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