Don't Leave Children In Cars! - Girl Dies In Al Ain

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Don't leave children in cars! - girl dies in Al Ain May 31, 2007
I was horrified at the front page story of 7 Days today, about the 4 year old girl from Al Ain, who basically baked to death, after being left in her parents car for 45 minutes (so they estimate), with no AC or windows open.

What parent in their right mind leaves a child unattended in a car? Let alone with no AC?

Inside a vehicle the temperature can rise to as much as 20 degrees above the outside temperature.

You don't leave your pets in a hot car, never mind a child.

The parents should be charged with wilfull endangerment and manslaughter.

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May 31, 2007
:shock: :shock: shocking.. how sad.. no words
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:(

Poor child....
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May 31, 2007
Was the child a native of Al Ain ?
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Re: Don't leave children in cars! - girl dies in Al Ain May 31, 2007
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What parent in their right mind leaves a child unattended in a car? Let alone with no AC?


The same ones who carry children on their laps in the front seat. They won't change.
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The Gulf News version of the story says she climbed into the car, unknown to her parents, and fell asleep there.
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sauron wrote:The Gulf News version of the story says she climbed into the car, unknown to her parents, and fell asleep there.


Must be the parents' excuse.
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Guess that depends on which newspaper you think is the more reputable and reliable. Still tragic, whatever the circumstances.
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May 31, 2007
Can i kill my future wife in same way? :roll:
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May 31, 2007
It's tragic and it happens all over the world. You hear stories like that over here in Canada all the time. It get quite warm here in the summer (30 degrees or so) but over there in the kind of heat you get...that's just insane! People, don't leave your pets or your children unattended in a car!
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giggsy wrote:It's tragic and it happens all over the world. You hear stories like that over here in Canada all the time. It get quite warm here in the summer (30 degrees or so) but over there in the kind of heat you get...that's just insane! People, don't leave your pets or your children unattended in a car!


Yes, I've read about this happenning in USA a lot. Except over here, people have to be utterly retarded to risk it here. The fools obviously wanted to save a few bucks of petrol.
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this is what happens when the father is out lookign for the second or third moroocan or lebenese wife the mother is getting satisfied by the driver and the philipino maid is raising the kids
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Re: Don't leave children in cars! - girl dies in Al Ain May 31, 2007
Chocoholic wrote:I was horrified at the front page story of 7 Days today, about the 4 year old girl from Al Ain, who basically baked to death, after being left in her parents car for 45 minutes (so they estimate), with no AC or windows open.

What parent in their right mind leaves a child unattended in a car? Let alone with no AC?

Inside a vehicle the temperature can rise to as much as 20 degrees above the outside temperature.

You don't leave your pets in a hot car, never mind a child.

The parents should be charged with wilfull endangerment and manslaughter.


Absolutely tragic :cry:
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HP wrote:Can i kill my future wife in same way? :roll:


Your wife?

Hahahahaha.........good one....really....that topic isn`t the right place for jokes.
Shame on you.
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Jun 01, 2007
Poor child. This is severely upsetting. I read it happens in different countries but here, where a person can't walk two minutes in a street? I am still suffering from the heat and I am an adult, let alone a poor baby.
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Radio show was talking about this last week. One phone-in said he broke a car window to let a suffocating dog out. Owners went nuts and called the police who charged him for damaging car. Police said he should have left dog alone. Does that principle apply to children too then?
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bonk wrote:Radio show was talking about this last week. One phone-in said he broke a car window to let a suffocating dog out. Owners went nuts and called the police who charged him for damaging car. Police said he should have left dog alone. Does that principle apply to children too then?


I hope not.
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I heard a new version today.

The family were shopping. Then they drove home. But the parents were late for the prayer. So they run to the mosque and did order the maid to bring the shopping bags inside the house.
The kid was still in the car. But the child fell asleep in the car and the maid didn`t recognize it. She was busy with the shooping bags.

If that version is true, how is it possible that the maid didn`t recognize that the kid isn`t with her and that for almost one hour????
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Tropic23 wrote:I heard a new version today.

The family were shopping. Then they drove home. But the parents were late for the prayer. So they run to the mosque and did order the maid to bring the shopping bags inside the house.
The kid was still in the car. But the child fell asleep in the car and the maid didn`t recognize it. She was busy with the shooping bags.

If that version is true, how is it possible that the maid didn`t recognize that the kid isn`t with her and that for almost one hour????


Maybe maid is overworked? Few women go to the mosque for prayers, since it isn't required or there is no woman's area. No mention of mother praying in other reports either.
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And WHY is it the maids responsibility to look out for THEIR child?
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Jun 02, 2007
It isn`t. It`s sad that parents need maids for their kids.
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Tropic23 wrote:
bonk wrote:--- snip ---
Owners went nuts and called the police who charged him for damaging car. Police said he should have left dog alone. Does that principle apply to children too then?


I hope not.


You know .. it is because of fuzzy laws and situations like this that lead people to be selfish, having no spirit to help others.
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Jun 02, 2007
dubaiforumuser wrote:
Tropic23 wrote:
bonk wrote:--- snip ---
Owners went nuts and called the police who charged him for damaging car. Police said he should have left dog alone. Does that principle apply to children too then?


I hope not.


You know .. it is because of fuzzy laws and situations like this that lead people to be selfish, having no spirit to help others.


Yes, you are right. It`s sad.
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Chocoholic wrote:And WHY is it the maids responsibility to look out for THEIR child?


Haha! now they're blaming someone else huh! pathetic.
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Jun 03, 2007
This is such a tragic story and its all too common around the world. I remember of one story of where parents left their two children in the car in a casino parking lot while they went to gamble for 4 or 5 hours. Someone found them, smashed the windows and the kids were taken to hospital for heat exhaustion.

Then there was another story where a woman left her baby in the car seat with the engine on (for A/C presumably), went to pick up something from a shop, and found her car had been stolen. The police found the car about an hour later in a street, abandoned and the child still strapped in the car seat.

Lesson: don't ever leave kids (and animals) unattended in a car!!!

It's sad and unfortunate that some people are either ignorant or just don't know any better.
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DeeDee wrote:This is such a tragic story and its all too common around the world. I remember of one story of where parents left their two children in the car in a casino parking lot while they went to gamble for 4 or 5 hours. Someone found them, smashed the windows and the kids were taken to hospital for heat exhaustion.


If you're referring to the story of the lady in Melbourne, the child actually died. Horrific story.
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Jun 03, 2007
many died from CO poisoning also even when there's A/C (or more so if there's A/C) since there is a probability that the engine exhaust seeps inside the car
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yujinn wrote:many died from CO poisoning also even when there's A/C (or more so if there's A/C) since there is a probability that the engine exhaust seeps inside the car


What's that got to do with the thread. But thanks for the tip.


Terrible news but at least the reporting will raise awareness and hopefully prevent another tragedy.
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yujinn wrote:many died from CO poisoning also even when there's A/C (or more so if there's A/C) since there is a probability that the engine exhaust seeps inside the car


I don't think this is any sort of issue. Otherwise all Dubai roads would be lined with dead bodies in cars during the summer. And lawsuits galore in USA.
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