3-year-old boy dies after being left in car

A 3-year-old boy passed away after being left in the car in 43°C temperature.

The little boy was found passed out in the family car after his Yemeni family returned to the car three hours later. He was then rushed to Al Dhaid Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and the cause of death being lack of oxygen.

Maj Gen Nasser Lakhraibani Al Nuaimi, secretary general of the Ministry of Interior and head of the higher committee for child protection, said "Unattended children suffocating inside a car is clear evidence of family negligence and poor judgement of the potential dangers involved."

He also added that parents should be more careful about their children, especially during the hot summer time when the heat is most dangerous.

Dr Fakhri Azzam, a specialist paediatrician at the Medcare Medical Centre at Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai, explained that a trapped child can be in life threatening danger after only 10 to 20 minutes of being trapped in a car.