Boy, 4, 'boiled to death' in 139F car after his mother went for manicure

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-07-21 11:48

Story here. Excerpt:

'A boy of four died on his mother's wedding day after she left him locked in her sweltering car while she went for a manicure.

Mirlande Jean-Baptiste's big day turned to tragedy when she came out of the beauty salon after three hours to find her son - who she thought was at a relative's house - slumped inside her parked vehicle.

Experts said that while the temperature outside was around 89 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature inside the vehicle could have been as high as 139 degrees Fahrenheit.

Jean-Baptiste, who works as a nurse, made frantic attempts to resuscitate her son, but he was declared dead on arrival at hospital.'

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I remember when my son was 4. He was able to get in and out of a car fairly easily at that age and even put his own seat-belt on. So, I wonder if this boy actually tried to get out or if he was somehow incapacitated earlier.

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Submitted by digitalhermit on Mon, 2008-07-21 17:21

These days, the cars all have child locks. If that was engaged, the child could not have gotten out of the back. The front, however, he could have.

However, I have a two year old, and there's no way I can imagine that I could not realize that he was in the car. How could somebody be that inane as to not know that a child was in the car?

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Submitted by SpikeRants on Mon, 2008-07-21 17:50