A 5-month-old baby died after being left in a car parked in direct sunlight on Friday, June 28 in Toulouse. An emergency medical-psychological unit and an investigation have been opened.
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Friday June 28, in Toulouse, a 5-month-old child died in the back of a car parked in the parking lot of the Thales company located in the Basso-Campo activity zone, we learned The Dispatch. The baby was discovered around 5 p.m. by his father who was returning to his vehicle.
The employee immediately contacted the Samu, who dispatched the pediatric Smur. An ambulance and the firefighters also went to the scene. Once on site, the medical teams did not even attempt to provide first aid to the infant, who had spent the day without air in an outside temperature that had exceeded 30°C around 3 p.m.
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Police opened an investigation
After confirmation of death linked to hyperthermia, an investigation to determine exactly the ” investigation of causes of death ” was opened and entrusted to the national police. The Samu opened a medical-psychological emergency unit.
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An expert explained to Consumer Reports that the ” forgotten baby syndrome ” was not negligence, but rather a consequence of a conflict between ” habit memory and prospective memory “. According to the Consumer Safety Commission, “ this type of forgetting affects all types of populations and all social categories. But, in general, active populations, well integrated socially and having other children older than the victim ».
