Parents Warned After Child Rescued from Locked Car in Chon Buri

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A two-year-old child was left locked inside a car after her parents stopped at a petrol station. Rescuers took more than 20 minutes to unlock the car, prompting warnings against leaving children alone in vehicles.

 

Emergency responders from Thammarat Maneerat Foundation in Chon Buri were alerted to a child trapped inside a car at 2:10 pm today, June 27, at PT Meng Hui petrol station, located on a bypass road towards Bangkok in Ban Suan, Mueang District, Chon Buri. They quickly arrived at the scene with a team of vehicle door specialists.

 

A Mitsubishi Xpander Cross was found parked with its engine running but all four doors were locked. Inside, a two-year-old girl was seen playing calmly. Outside the vehicle, her worried parents, Witawat and Jirapatch, were anxiously peering through the windows.

 

Rescue personnel worked for approximately 20 minutes before successfully unlocking the car door, much to the relief of the parents. The girl appeared unbothered and was talking normally.

 

Jirapatch explained that she usually uses a truck for errands, and her child had previously been trapped in that vehicle but was safely rescued. On this occasion, they were in Chon Buri to settle a bill and stopped briefly at the petrol station to use the restroom. Upon returning, they discovered that the car, an electric vehicle, had locked automatically, and they were unable to open the doors.

 

“I want to remind everyone that if you stop at a petrol station to use the restroom, you should take your child with you or take turns staying with them. Do not leave your child alone in the car,” Jirapatch advised.

 

Police and safety experts warn against leaving children in cars, emphasising the unpredictability of circumstances and the quick escalation of danger. In this case, the prompt response of the rescue team ensured a safe outcome, but not all such incidents have happy endings.

 

 

 

-- 2024-06-28

 

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[hotchilli]

Leave a child alone in a car with the engine running.... what can one say.

[fredwiggy]

Happens all over the world and kids have died in the US from this quite a few times. Needs to be a habit. Bring the kid with you, lock the car. Or one parent stays while the other goes inside, then switches. Simple. It isn't worth the embarrassment or loss of a child or pet being lazy.

[Asquith Production]

20 minutes to get in the car!. They should have got one of the local criminals to do it.

[ChrisY1]

I see this often.....cars with the engine running.....this person must have left the key inside....which is pretty damn dopey!

Mitsubishi Expander....dreadful vehicle that has failed so many safety examinations!

[steven100]

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

Happens all over the world and kids have died in the US from this quite a few times. Needs to be a habit. Bring the kid with you, lock the car. Or one parent stays while the other goes inside, then switches. Simple. It isn't worth the embarrassment or loss of a child or pet being lazy.

 

your assumption is incorrect,   it's got nothing to do with being lazy .....   it's simply stupid is as stupid does.    In other words common sense is non-existent 

[KhunLA]

20 minutes to open it ... yikes   Nothing says 'I love you' like leaving your kids unattended.

 

Rescuers ????

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

 

your assumption is incorrect,   it's got nothing to do with being lazy .....   it's simply stupid is as stupid does.    In other words common sense is non-existent 

I don't assume. I have 6 kids, and fully know what it takes to take care of children safely. People get lazy, everyone at times, and a habit means just that, doing things without having to think about them, to protect those children. People who make mistakes aren't always stupid. Getting out of your car and going into a store is what millions do daily. All it takes is  a little extra effort taking those kids out, or leaving one parent behind. Being lazy is thinking, "I'll only be a minute or two", and that's when problems happen, like doors locking. This isn't the case of leaving kids or pets in the car for hours at a time, which does happen and kids and pets die from it. That's stupidity or a complete lack of caring. This was a case of being lazy, thinking they'll be back in a minute, and forgetting about the possibility of the doors locking, which does happen even if the keys are in the car and it's running.

[watchcat]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A Mitsubishi Xpander Cross was found parked with its engine running

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

they discovered that the car, an electric vehicle, had locked automatically,

 

How can an electric vehicle have the engine running?

[Peterphuket]

23 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

 

How can an electric vehicle have the engine running?

Maybe it is a hybrid.

[Foek]

If the child would have been in the back straped in a child seat acording to the law this would not have happend.

Going out to make a quick errand at a gasoline station and keep engine and aircon running for the litle one should not be a problem then.

[fredwiggy]

8 minutes ago, Foek said:

If the child would have been in the back straped in a child seat acording to the law this would not have happend.

Going out to make a quick errand at a gasoline station and keep engine and aircon running for the litle one should not be a problem then.

Until someone gets in the car to steal it, which happens quite often worldwide.

[watchcat]

16 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

Maybe it is a hybrid.

 

Possible.

[Tropicalevo]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Jirapatch explained that she usually uses a truck for errands, and her child had previously been trapped in that vehicle but was safely rescued

So not even a first 'offence'.

How dumb is that.

[Gottfrid]

And I thought that cars had a remote that could open the doors.

[HalAndLois]

On 6/28/2024 at 7:32 AM, ChrisY1 said:

I see this often.....cars with the engine running.....this person must have left the key inside....which is pretty damn dopey!

Mitsubishi Expander....dreadful vehicle that has failed so many safety examinations!

You sound old.  There are no keys anymore.  There are fobs that you keep in your pocket.  Of course, they are much worse than keys, but they are cheaper to produce than a lock and key system so you pay $40,000 for a car and get a <deleted>ty fob because it saves the manufacturer 37 cents.  

[it is what it is]

18 minutes ago, HalAndLois said:

You sound old.  There are no keys anymore.  There are fobs that you keep in your pocket.  Of course, they are much worse than keys, but they are cheaper to produce than a lock and key system so you pay $40,000 for a car and get a <deleted>ty fob because it saves the manufacturer 37 cents.  

 

au contraire, i have a fob, but within the fob is... a key

[jacko45k]

On 6/28/2024 at 8:11 AM, watchcat said:

 

 

How can an electric vehicle have the engine running?

Indeed. 

Sadly one can get locked in or out of an EV with the key in your hands too!

[KhunBENQ]

On 6/28/2024 at 6:08 AM, hotchilli said:

Leave a child alone in a car with the engine running.... what can one say.

Seen often, grandma in the truck, engine running.

Seen more often: truck engine running on the parking lot, family at Sunday shopping.

And here it was obvious that they wanted to "park" the blag in the car with AC running.

 

12 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

au contraire, i have a fob, but within the fob is... a key

Me too. Toyota Yaris.

My old Mazda 2011 has a key with traditional remote.

And Toyota is paranoid about auto locking.

At this car I can not disable it.

But fortunately it seems inactive for a parked car with running engine.

And they tell me the car won't lock if the fob is forgotten in the car?

 

[KhunBENQ]

On 6/28/2024 at 3:54 AM, webfact said:

Upon returning, they discovered that the car, an electric vehicle, had locked automatically, and they were unable to open the doors.

 

On 6/28/2024 at 8:11 AM, watchcat said:

How can an electric vehicle have the engine running?

 

It's indeed a HEV (hybrid) assuming it's a 2024. So maybe lost in translation. Before 2024 simply an ICE.

[actonion]

It took them 20 minutes in the rest room, and 20 minutes for the door specialist ?, whatever that is.....  a brick thru the window takes 5 minutes when  a childs life is in danger