Police rescue three-month-old baby left in hot parked car in Roquetas de Mar
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 @ 9:34 PM
A GUARDIA Civil officer has rescued a three-month-old baby left in a parked car alone in Roquetas de Mar (Almería province) whilst his parents were in a nearby shop.
The mother and father said they had left the newborn in the car because he had just fallen asleep and they did not want to wake him.
But the temperature inside a closed-up parked car can reach in excess of 10ºC higher than the outside temperature - which at the time was well over 35ºC, meaning the child was sitting in an airless climate of nearly 50ºC.
In these circumstances, a child - especially a baby - can go into heatstroke within a matter of minutes, and even 10 minutes can be fatal.
The infant in Roquetas de Mar had been in the car for 20 minutes by the time the police officer managed to force the door open.
Even though it was only 10.45hrs in the morning, the baby was already overheated and was crying, pouring with sweat, but was found to be in good health after a medical check-up.
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