A new tragedy took place following the heat. Thursday, July 17, a 15-month newborn died in Namur (Belgium) After being forgotten in a car.
The medical examiner who examined the body concluded at “A death linked to hyperthermia ““without an intervention of a third,” said the Namur prosecution in a press release. An investigation was opened for “manslaughter” To determine the exact circumstances of the facts.
According to the local press, the father forgot the detour through the crèche Before going to work, and the child would have stayed in the car for several hours in the parking lot of his company. Information that the prosecution refused to comment, simply indicating that “The child would have stayed in the vehicle following an oversightaccording to the first elements of the investigation “.
It was summer time Thursday in Belgium, with seasonal temperatures oscillating around 25 ° C in the afternoon. As a reminder, according to the Matmut, “even when it is fairly fresh outside, between 15 and 20 ° C, the interior temperature ofA car exposed to the sun can go up to 45 ° C…, in 10 minutes“.