Arta: Baby dies after being left in car

A 5-month-old baby died in a car after it was left there by its father in the northwestern town of Arta.

According to police sources, the father was supposed to drop the child off at the nursery, but forgot it in the backseat of the car. The infant’s mother went to the nursery at noon to pick up the baby and was informed it was not there.

She contacted her 37-year-old husband to find out what had happened only for him to realize that he had forgotten the baby in the car. By the time they rushed to the car the baby was unconscious. It was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital.

The parents were being treated for shock. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of the infant’s death. The baby’s body was transferred to the city of Ioannina.