13 May/09 Ashkelon,Israel,. : The moment a mother returned to her car and suddenly realises her baby...

13 May/09 Ashkelon,Israel,. : The moment a mother returned to her car and suddenly realises her baby daughter is not breathing after being left in the hot car for more than 3 hours.

On Wednesday, a year-old Kiryat Gat girl was left in the family car for three hours by her father, who then forgot about her.

The mother, who was supposed to pick up the car, returned to it two hours later and fo More..und the child unconscious in the back seat. She took the girl to the nearby Magen David Adom station for treatment. The infant was transferred to Ashkelon's Barzilai Medical Center in a mobile intensive care unit. She was reported to be in serious but stable condition.

The father, a social worker who was in the Kiryat Gat Magistrate's Court at the time, collapsed when he heard the news and was rushed to the hospital.

Police were investigating the incident.

MDA said that in the summer, the interior of a car parked in the sun can reach 50 degrees Celsius within 20 minutes, and 60 degrees in 40 minutes.