Horror as distressed two-year-old is left in a hot car outside a shopping centre in 36C heat
- Bystanders noticed the crying toddler inside a car at a shopping centre car park
- They called paramedics who rescued the ‘extremely distressed’ two-year-old
- The child’s father came back to his car a shortly after, as temperatures his 36C
A toddler has been left locked inside a car at a shopping centre while temperatures reached 36C outside.
Bystanders noticed a two-year-old crying inside a locked car at Casuarina Shopping Centre in Darwin at about 3pm on Sunday.
Paramedics were called to the car park and rescued the ‘extremely distressed’ toddler.
St John Ambulance regional manager Andrew Everingham said the car’s engine was turned off and it was a ‘very, very hot day’ as temperatures soared across the territory.
Bystanders noticed a two-year-old crying inside a locked car at a Darwin shopping centre car park
‘It doesn’t take long for a child to become really distressed and overcome by that heat,’ he told NT News.
Mr Everingham said the child was treated by ambulance crews in the shopping centre car park, before the father arrived back to his car.
‘Once they got access to the child, they provided first aid and transported them to Royal Darwin Hospital for assessment,’ he said.
‘Luckily the child did not show any symptoms of heat stroke despite being extremely distressed.’
Mr Everingham said the incident is a reminder to parents not to leave children alone in hot cars this summer.
Paramedics were called to the car park of Darwin’s Casurina Shopping Centre (pictured) and rescued the ‘extremely distressed’ toddler from a car, who was later taken to hospital
The rescue comes less than two weeks after a five-year-old girl died after being pulled unconscious from a car on a 38C day in Port Stephens, north of Newcastle.
Aloiz Gorjup pulled his daughter Natasha from the car, and said she climbed into the parked car herself while he thought she was playing in the garden.
Late last month two young sisters were found dead inside their mother’s car outside their home in Logan City, south of Brisbane.
Darcey Conley, two, and her one-year-old sister Chloe-Ann couldn’t be revived and both were declared dead at the scene.
Their mother Kerri-Ann, 27, was charged with two counts of murder.
Late last month two young sisters were found dead inside their mother’s car outside their home in Logan City, south of Brisbane