5-year-old girl placed in coma after being found in boiling car
A five-year-old girl has been placed in an induced coma after being found unresponsive in a parked car in NSW’s Hunter region.
The child was discovered inside a car parked in the driveway of a family home in Tanilba Bay near Port Stephens. Police were called at about 4.30pm on Tuesday after passers-by spotted the girl.
The girl was treated at the scene before being flown to John Hunter Children’s Hospital in a critical condition, Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service said in a statement.
According to 9News, the girl is believed to have climbed into the car herself and become trapped.
“The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation by detectives from Port Stephens,” a police spokesman said in a statement.
Temperatures reached 35C in the area on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident came days after the death of two Queensland toddlers, who were allegedly left in a hot car by their mother.
One-year-old Chole-Ann and two-year-old Darcey-Helen died inside a black station wagon parked across the front yard of their family home in Logan on Saturday.
The sisters’ mother, 27-year-old Kerri-Ann Conley, has been charged with two counts of murder and two drug-related offences.