In a car for hours

Child dies of heat shock in car in Israel

A three-year-old boy has died in the Israeli port city of Ashdod after being trapped in a parked car in hot weather. The child was trapped in the car for several hours.

The boy was rescued alive by rescue workers, as the website "haaretz.com" reported. He was no longer conscious and was in a critical condition when the emergency services took him to hospital.

Car did not belong to the parents
The little boy apparently succumbed to heat shock, according to the report. The whereabouts of his legal guardians remained unclear at first. The boy was found in a car that did not belong to his parents.