teen suffocates after parents lock him in car overnight

[Amby 490]

A French couple is facing involuntary homicide charges after they locked their thirteen-year-old son inside of a car on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and he suffocated to death, Sky News reported Tuesday.

According to the Sky News report, the couple was on vacation with their son when they left him sleeping inside of the locked vehicle for more than 12 hours as they retired to their villa following a night out with friends.

The teen reportedly tried desperately to escape from the vehicle – where police said temperatures would have soared to more than 120 degrees – slashing at the upholstery with scissors and hitting the reinforced windows, Sky News said.

“There were signs in the car that he had fought to get out, but it was a very high security new model car that could not be opened from the inside,” a police spokesman said.

His body was discovered on the back seat of the security SUV, parked in the sunshine, when his parents awoke at 10 a.m. the next morning.

The identity of the parents, both from Paris, was not immediately released. Police are investigating the incident.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402281,00.html

[Niels Bohr 72]

A French couple is facing involuntary homicide charges after they locked their thirteen-year-old son inside of a car on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and he suffocated to death, Sky News reported Tuesday.

According to the Sky News report, the couple was on vacation with their son when they left him sleeping inside of the locked vehicle for more than 12 hours as they retired to their villa following a night out with friends.

The teen reportedly tried desperately to escape from the vehicle – where police said temperatures would have soared to more than 120 degrees – slashing at the upholstery with scissors and hitting the reinforced windows, Sky News said.

"There were signs in the car that he had fought to get out, but it was a very high security new model car that could not be opened from the inside," a police spokesman said.

His body was discovered on the back seat of the security SUV, parked in the sunshine, when his parents awoke at 10 a.m. the next morning.

The identity of the parents, both from Paris, was not immediately released. Police are investigating the incident.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402281,00.html

I think is also a problem for the car manufacturer. In the past, a boy was hidden in the trunk of the car. It cannot be opened. His life would've been spared. The experience led the manufacturers re-design the trunk that includes a latch from the inside to open it from the inside.

This car is a resemblence of the problem.

[Ontarkie 14,234]

oh thats horrible poor boy

[kerewin21 2]

That's so tragic...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I think is also a problem for the car manufacturer. In the past, a boy was hidden in the trunk of the car. It cannot be opened. His life would've been spared. The experience led the manufacturers re-design the trunk that includes a latch from the inside to open it from the inside.

This car is a resemblence of the problem.

I agree. What a stupid design that would not take into account if someone really needed to escape from the vehicle. Does the horn not work when it's parked either? That's just crazy.

[Amby 490]

I think is also a problem for the car manufacturer. In the past, a boy was hidden in the trunk of the car. It cannot be opened. His life would've been spared. The experience led the manufacturers re-design the trunk that includes a latch from the inside to open it from the inside.

This car is a resemblence of the problem.

I agree. What a stupid design that would not take into account if someone really needed to escape from the vehicle. Does the horn not work when it's parked either? That's just crazy.

the first car I had that had the emergency trunk pull thing was a 2004 eclipse. I haven't paid attention enough to the trunk of my new car to see if it has one. I've never had a car that wouldn't let you out. I have had a car that the alarm would go off if you got out of it when the alarm was set.

[msu17 0]

Seriously, who would make a car that you couldn't get out of??? I get child proof locks on the back, but the drivers side door should ALWAYS open, period.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Seriously, who would make a car that you couldn't get out of??? I get child proof locks on the back, but the drivers side door should ALWAYS open, period.

It's a security type vehicle people. Think bullet resistant.

[Amby 490]

Seriously, who would make a car that you couldn't get out of??? I get child proof locks on the back, but the drivers side door should ALWAYS open, period.

It's a security type vehicle people. Think bullet resistant.

oh ok

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Screw that! What kind of parents lock their children in a car!

[Scott & Lai 12]

Screw that! What kind of parents lock their children in a car!

No kidding

And why did they have a high "security" car anyway? Is that standard for rental cars on Guadeloupe, or what??

[MrsCat 6]

only 13 yr old rich kid who didn't have a cell phone?

[Sassy1natl 0]

Screw that! What kind of parents lock their children in a car!

The kind that should have the favor returned to them...

[Nagishkaw 510]

Disgusting!