‘Unimaginable time of sorrow’: Parents mourn one-year-old girl found dead in car
The parents of a one-year-old girl who was found dead inside a car outside a daycare centre yesterday have said they are struggling to deal with the “unimaginable” tragedy.
Emergency services were summoned to Marana Road in Earlwood in the Inner West at 5.35pm yesterday after the girl was found lifeless inside the car.
Emergency services were summoned to Marana Road in Earlwood in the Inner West at 5.35pm yesterday after the girl was found lifeless inside the car.
Today the parents of the girl published a statement while police continue the investigation.
“It is an unimaginable time of sorrow for us,” it stated.
They described the toddler as a charming and beautiful baby, who was “the light of their lives”.
“It is an unimaginable time of sorrow for us,” it stated.
They described the toddler as a charming and beautiful baby, who was “the light of their lives”.
Local Amin Moussa said 9News the father of the girl started screaming when he saw his baby lifeless in the back of the car.
“My parents lived next door and they were first on the scene when they heard the howls of the father screaming… they were just shocked when they saw the father holding the lifeless body of the one-year-old child.”
“My parents lived next door and they were first on the scene when they heard the howls of the father screaming… they were just shocked when they saw the father holding the lifeless body of the one-year-old child.”
Moussa claimed the entire community had been rocked by the death.
“Look it’s very traumatic, very confronting, very stressful, any parent would be absolutely distressed by what happened,” Moussa added.
“The father was beside himself, I think, upon the realisation that the child was left in the car.
“Look it’s very traumatic, very confronting, very stressful, any parent would be absolutely distressed by what happened,” Moussa added.
“The father was beside himself, I think, upon the realisation that the child was left in the car.
“It’s sent a tremor through the town, through the street.”
A neighbour hurried to the childcare centre to provide first aid to the toddler while waiting for paramedics.
Locals today laid flowers at the spot.
A neighbour hurried to the childcare centre to provide first aid to the toddler while waiting for paramedics.
Locals today laid flowers at the spot.
Executive officer at Kids Safe NSW Christine Erskine said the often disastrous mistake of leaving a child inside a car occurred all too often.
“Nobody intends for this to happen, it’s just an awful, preventable tragedy,” she remarked.
“Nobody intends for this to happen, it’s just an awful, preventable tragedy,” she remarked.
“We find that this happens when there’s an interruption or a change in plan. “The NRMA last year reported approximately 1900 near misses – that’s a lot.
“SN She stated temperatures inside cars can climb to lethal conditions fairly quickly.
“Even in cooler times or under a tree, that temperature in a car can escalate very, very quickly,” she warned.
“It might be 30 degrees outside – well, it would be 70 degrees in the car very quickly.”
The girl’s father was brought to hospital suffering shock.
The child’s mother is also helping police.
Police said they were looking into the timeline of what transpired and will speak to the child’s father when they were allowed to.
“It might be 30 degrees outside – well, it would be 70 degrees in the car very quickly.”
The girl’s father was brought to hospital suffering shock.
The child’s mother is also helping police.
Police said they were looking into the timeline of what transpired and will speak to the child’s father when they were allowed to.
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