5-year-old Saudi girl forgotten in car dies

A five-year-old Gulf girl became the latest victim of family negligence when she suffocated to death after she was forgotten inside her uncle's car for nearly 12 hours in the scorching summer heat in the Gulf Kingdom.

The girl was brought dead to hospital in the northern town of Arar and doctors said she was exposed to extreme hot weather for almost half a day.

“Her uncle told police that the girl was found sleeping inside his car but no one had noticed her or know how he got into the car,” Al Saudeh daily said.

Several children have suffocated to death during summer in Saudi Arabia and other desert Gulf countries after they were forgotten inside cars.

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