Child rescued from locked car
2012-05-26 14:33
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Durban - A seven-year-old boy was left in a locked car in the parking lot of a mall in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, paramedics said.
"According to witnesses, bystanders witnessed a seven-year-old boy in distress as he was locked in a vehicle and left without adult supervision," said ER24 spokesperson Andre Visser.
Bystanders called police to the scene.
"When ER24 paramedics arrives at the scene, police officers had broken a window of the vehicle to gain access to the child and extricated him from the vehicle."
The boy was treated for dehydration and taken to hospital.
Visser said the incident would be investigated.
- SAPA
