A 3-year-old girl, who was forgotten and therefore left behind in a minivan, has died of overheating. She was in a van with 12 children that would take them to a kindergarten in Samut Prakan. She was found after seven hours. 

The driver and co-driver will face charges of negligence and wrongful death. They should have counted the children when they had to get into another van because the air conditioning in the first minivan had failed. She stayed behind there.

Only when the children were picked up in the afternoon was the missing person discovered. The van with the victim was still at the place where the children lived and where they are normally picked up.

Source: Bangkok Post

2 responses to “Forgotten toddler (3) suffocates in sweltering minibus”

  1. Klaasje123 says up

    Engaging story. First of all, the suffering inflicted on the child and the family. Then the indifference that expresses it. Not only the driver, also the kindergarten has not missed the child on the attendance list. Shame.

  2. peter says up

    Downright kl*****, chaotic situation and then forget the head count.
    The child does not come back with everything, all a lot of pain. I would be devastated if this happened to you as a supervisor. As a parent you don't know where you are anymore.
    Such a small simple thing as a head count !! so much suffering.
    But parents also do this, just go into the store and leave the child in the car.
    And then……. oh yes just a shop and forget everything.
    Children are so vulnerable, it just shouldn't happen.
    My kids are now “adults”, but I can still recall a few situations that were precarious. And that despite the fact that you are careful. And you actually know from your own young years that kids sometimes do the weirdest things. You really have to stick with it.
    Isn't it long ago that a toddler shot her mother (a loose gun in the car?! usa ) . And now another 5 year old toddler who shoots himself !!
    And how often does it not occur? Hot water over child, near misses with baths, oh so many things actually.
    This is another incident, it could have been so easily avoided. It is intensely sad.


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