Police rescue child trapped in vehicle

Vehicle got locked as father stepped out to pick baby from rear seat

Car gets locked as father steps out to pick baby from rear seat |

Abu Dhabi Police rescued a baby girl who was locked inside her father’s car in the Al Bandar area on Yas Island, an official said yesterday.

The family had gone shopping to Yas Island. In the parking lot, the father stepped out of the car to take the baby from the rear seat when the doors of the vehicle locked suddenly.

Rapid intervention teams at the Directorate of Emergency and Public Safety at the Abu Dhabi Police Central Operations Department swung into action after receiving the man’s ■ ■ ■ ■

distress call and and rescued the child safely after breaking a window of the car.

Major General Ali Khalfan Al Daheri, director of the Central Operations Sector, warned people against leaving children alone inside vehicles as they could die of suffocation.

He added that leaving children in vehicles could result in a life-threatening situation due to lack of oxygen and high temperatures during summer.

Tragic incidents

In June 2017, two Emirati sisters — ages two and four — suffocated in Ajman when they got locked inside while playing in their father’s car.

In July 2014, a one-and-ahalf-year-old Emirati girl died in Abu Dhabi after being forgotten in her family’s parked car.

In May 2014, a five-year-old boy waiting in a parked car in Sharjah died after his neck got stuck in the car’s automatic window.

In September 2013, a threeyear-old Yemeni boy suffocated after being left in his parents’ car for several hours in Ras Al Khaimah.