WA: No charges likely over death of child in car, police

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2007
WA: No charges likely over death of child in car, police

Kidsafe says the death of a two-year-old Perth girl .. left alone in a car in 34-degree
heat .. is a tragic and timely reminder to everybody not to leave children alone in cars
at any time.

Police say the girl's parents are unlikely to be charged .. after they apparently left
her accidentally in the car for two hours outside the family's home in Maddington .. in
the city's south-east.

Kidsafe chief executive SUE WICKS says the child had been in the vehicle long enough
to go through all of the stages of heat stress .. dehydration .. and right through to
hyperthermia.







And Princess Margaret Hospital's Emergency Department director GARY GEELHOED has warned
parents .. the temperature inside a car can rise very quickly.

He says many people don't realise it can rise 30 to 40 degrees above what's outside
.. meaning up to 60 or 70 degrees in a matter of half an hour or so.

The temperature is set to reach 36 degrees today in Perth and climb to 38 degrees on
Christmas and Boxing days.

AAP RTV np/jrd/tm

KEYWORD: CAR (PERTH)

2007 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.