A teacher reportedly drove the child to school along with other children
and did not notice that the 4-year-old had fallen asleep on the way.
The other children got out of the vehicle at about 8:00 am and the
teacher locked it, unaware that the sleeping child remained inside. He
came back to the vehicle in the early afternoon after classes had ended
and found the child dead.
Four-Year-Old Dies After Being Left In Locked Car Outside Orthodox School
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Israel Police are reportedly investigating the death of a 4-year-old child earlier today in Modi’in Illit.
The child died in a locked automobile parked outside a Talmud Torah school, Yeshiva World reported.
A teacher reportedly drove the child to school along with other children and did not notice that the 4-year-old had fallen asleep on the way. The other children got out of the vehicle at about 8:00 am and the teacher locked it, unaware that the sleeping child remained inside. He came back to the vehicle in the early afternoon after classes had ended and found the child dead.
Israel Radio reported that a parent of the child was the driver.
Ha'aretz reports that the driver was a teacher, but has the age of the child as 5-years-old.
It is unclear why the child did not exit the vehicle on his own.
EMTs were called but were unable to revive the child.
A Magen David Adom doctor pronounced the child dead at the scene.