A sordid news item but which seems to be repeated. A three -month -old baby was found dead In a car parked in full sun. The child’s father had parked the vehicle in a parking lot to go to his work and forgot it inside.
When the firefighters intervened, It was unfortunately too late. Following the drama, an investigation for manslaughter was opened by the Melun prosecution (Seine-et-Marne), so as to determine the exact circumstances of the infant’s death.
A temperature exceeding thirty degrees
The accident occurred this Tuesday, April 29, 2025 when France was experiencing an episode of strong heat. Our colleagues from Parisian brought some details Around the drama. The father of the child would have forgotten to deposit him before going to his workplace.
The man parked in the parking lot of the old Totalenergies refinery in Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois (Seine-et-Marne) and would then have omitted the baby’s presence in the vehicle. A car he left in full sun, while the outside temperature exceeded thirty degrees.
Too late intervention
When the child was discovered, the firefighters finally intervened. But it was unfortunately too late to save the baby, who was already deceased. At the Melun prosecution, the information was confirmed, according to the revelations of Parisian.
Nevertheless, the circumstances of the death were not discussed in details. “It’s such a painful situation”, thus pointed out one of the witnesses to our colleagues.
The drama strongly shaken the colleagues of the unfortunate dad. From management to employees, All seem to be blocking behind the latter. Almost no information filters on this subject. Like this employee of the old refinery who refuses to express himself.
The site is being transformedsince 2020, in zero oil platform. “It’s a disaster. It’s very sad ”, said Jean-Jacques Brichet (SE), mayor of Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois, who established the infant’s death act. A terrible drama which, alas, has the air of deja vu. Indeed, this incident is neither the first nor the last. He even has a name: that of forgotten baby syndrome. A syndrome that generally occurs in the event of a change of routine or stress.
