MDA station in Beitar Illit
Toddler dies after being forgotten in a car
Again an increasingly common tragedy has befallen a family whose 1-year-old daughter died after being forgotten in a vehicle for an hour and a half; Doctors tried to save her life but were forced to pronounce her dead.
A toddler aged 1 year and three months has died after she appears to have been forgotten in a car in Beitar Elite in Gush Etzion. Her father discovered her after she had been stuck in the car for an hour and a half.
He immediately took her a Magen David Adom paramedic station where gave emergency treatment. The paramedics evacuated the girl to Sha’are Zedek hospital in Jerusalem where doctors were forced to pronounce her death.
Street where toddler was forgotten (Photo: Eli Mendelbaum)
Two days ago, a 4-year-old boy in Rahat was locked in a vehicle and taken to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva in serious condition. An initial police investigation revealed that his parents were visiting their family when he went outside to play and accidentally locked himself in the car.
In a seperate incident, a 9-month-old baby died after she was forgotten in a vehicle in extremely hot temperatures. Her grandmother had taken her daughter to work that morning and was supposed to take her grandaughter to preschool. However, she accidentally left her in the car. That afternoon, when she went to collect her daughter, the baby was was found not breathing.
Figures released by the organization 'Beterem - Safe Kids Israel'
reveal that between 2008 and 2016, 400 such cases have taken place involving 449 children. Twenty-two of these incidents ended in at least one death. This summer, four children have died as a result of being left in a car.
