A 10-MONTH-OLD baby has died after being left shut in a parked car from 07.00 to 15.00 in Manacor (Mallorca).
National Police say her grandfather, 56, was looking after her and claims he left her in the car initially because she was asleep, but then 'forgot' she was inside.
He did not remember until eight hours later.
The car-owner, a Spaniard, flagged down a doctor and two nurses he saw walking along the street after leaving the health centre near where the vehicle was parked.
But when they reached her, it was too late to save her.
The grandfather was taken to Manacor hospital in a state of shock and anxiety.
Children, pets and the elderly are at extreme risk of fatal heatstroke if left in a parked car with the engine off – even where the outside temperature is no more than 25ºC, it can quickly double inside a vehicle and, within less than 10 minutes, the body starts to overheat to dangerous levels.
Heatstroke is frequently fatal and occurs when the body rises to just 1ºC above its healthy temperature.
