A young child tragically succumbed to heatstroke after reportedly being left in a vehicle amidst scorching temperatures on a popular Spanish holiday island. The 20-month-old boy was rushed to Fuerteventura General Hospital in a critical condition before being airlifted to a public hospital on Gran Canaria island via air ambulance.
Unfortunately, the child passed away early Sunday at the Materno Infantil University Hospital in Las Palmas, the capital of Gran Canaria. While local reports suggest that the boy was left inside the car, specific details have not yet been disclosed.
The child’s origin remains unknown. The Canary Islands experienced extreme temperatures reaching 45C over the weekend, with a lingering heatwave affecting the region for several days. Gran Canaria was placed on red alert, while parts of Tenerife were on orange alert due to the soaring temperatures.
In a separate incident, an 18-month-old named Sofia lost her life last month after being forgotten inside a licensed nursery transport vehicle near a renowned tourist spot close to Lisbon. The tragic incident occurred in Almada, situated on the southern bank of the Tagus River, opposite the Portuguese capital, near the Cristo Rei shrine featuring a towering statue of Jesus Christ.
Despite hundreds of tourists passing by the vehicle, the child went unnoticed as she suffered inside the closed and darkened SUV in 30C heat. The girl’s mother arrived at the nursery in the afternoon on July 23 only to discover that her child had not been dropped off. Emergency services were alerted, and the girl was found in critical condition inside a Peugeot 5008 vehicle outside the nursery campus. Despite efforts to resuscitate her, the toddler was pronounced dead at the scene.
The nursery responsible for the care of the child has been identified as Colegio Mestre Cuco, prompting a police investigation into the matter. In a previous incident in June, two children aged two and four were tragically found deceased in their family car in Carpentras, France, during a heatwave.
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