FOUR kids have died of suffocation in a suburb of
Kano State after they were found trapped inside a parked vehicle. The
tragedy, which had shaken the state, happened at the weekend.
A Deputy Director in the state Fire Service, who was part of the
rescue team, told Daily Sun that the kids were found unconscious inside
the vehicle, which was parked in Geidam area, but died later after
they were rushed to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital for
attention
He said the four of them, all boys, had been missing from the
respective homes since the morning of the fateful day but were
eventually found trapped inside the parked vehicle at about 5.00pm.
Witnesses said the temperature, which had been very high in the
state capital in the last few weeks, contributed to the suffocation of
the kids.
Police spokesman in the state, DSP Magaji Musa Majiya, told Daily Sun
that the owner of the vehicle reported the matter to the police.
According to him, the vehicle was parked by its owner after it developed
a battery fault, saying the owner returned later in the day to fix the
battery only to find the kids trapped inside his car. It is believed
that the four victims, who were aged between three and five, might have
entered the parked vehicle but were unable to open the vehicle due to
their age.
The police, however, said they were investigating the incident.