Baby dies after being found in car in hot Irish weather
Medics incapable to revive seven-month-old female who was discovered in unresponsive state in early afternoon
The seven-month-old chick was unresponsive when discovered in the vehicle in Dundrum village, police said Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Baby dies after being found in car in hot Irish weather
Medics incapable to revive seven-month-old chick who was discovered in unresponsive state in early afternoon
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Thursday twenty five May two thousand seventeen 22.00 BST Very first published on Thursday twenty five May two thousand seventeen 20.43 BST
Irish police have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to a seven-month-old baby lady dying of heatstroke after being locked for hours in a car in County Tipperary on the greatest day of the year so far in Ireland.
The Garda Síochána found the child in “unresponsive state” following a nine hundred ninety nine call. The car was parked in the village of Dundrum in Tipperary on Thursday. She was airlifted via helicopter from a sports field to University Hospital Limerick in south-west Ireland, but was pronounced dead later on Thursday afternoon.
There were local reports that the female was found in her father’s car after he had gone to work. Irish broadcaster RTE reported that she was the only child of a duo from Kilfeakle, Tipperary.
A police spokesperson described the incident as a “personal tragedy” and a “very sensitive” case. The gardaí have been liaising with family members since the incident unfolded, they said.
Temperatures in the county soared as high as twenty six degrees, the best day of the year so far in the Irish Republic.
Roger Kennedy, a Fianna Fáil county councillor from nearby Cashel, told the Irish Times on Thursday: “The entire area is in shock.” He described the people touched by the tragedy as “a popular, well-known family” who are very involved in the community. “There is total sadness here.”
Sinn Fein councillor Martin Browne said: “They are a very nice, very respectable family and it’s just a finish tragedy. I’m sure the entire community will rally around the family.”
The gardaí will pass a file from their investigation on to the Tipperary coroner but the Irish police are understood to be treating the incident as an accident.