Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
COPS ALERT AS BOY TRAPPED IN CAR BOOT WHILE PLAYING
A MISSING boy of four sparked a police hunt and terrified his parents – by getting trapped in the family car’s boot.
Mischievous Vinnie Devlin – found unconscious in sweltering heat – had climbed in to play via a back seat after opening a door.
He was rescued after 40 minutes, having escaped the house by a locked gate which was loose.
Mum Gemma and dad Ryan, 37, had thought he was playing upstairs with sister Dakota, two. Gemma, 29, said: “He wasn’t there and I ran outside in hysterics.”
She checked the Audi A4, just 5ft from her gate in the village of Kingsnorth, Kent. “I yelled for him but he’d passed out,” said Gemma.
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As 30 locals joined in the search, Vinnie was found and revived after a neighbour heard rustling.
Gemma said: “He doesn’t realise what he has put us through.”