6-year-old boy dies after being locked in school car for hours
6-year-old boy dies after being locked in school car for hours
A six-year-old boy died six days after he was forgotten and left locked in a school car for hours in Madhya Pradesh.
The boy died of respiratory complications on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district, his father has said.
The boy was a student of Sai International School in Dolariya town, Naitik Gour, who died in a Bhopal hospital where he was brought on March 20 in an unconscious state.
“The school authorities killed my son... They left my son in the car for four hours and their negligence killed him,” Surendra Gour, who is a farmer, told media. School director Nitin Gour, in whose car Naitik was locked, admitted that the boy was left in the vehicle.
“An attendant usually brought the boy to the classroom but that day she forgot to bring him out of the car,” said Gour, who himself drove the boy and some teachers on March 19 as the school van was not available.
“Naitik was unconscious when he was brought out of the vehicle,” he said.
“The boy was in a state of shock with breathing problem and in a critical condition. We put him on a respirator but could not save him,” a doctor, who didn’t wish to be identified, said.
Surendra Gour said he was under pressure from his extended family as the director was a relative. “But how can I forgive him? I will fight, and if the police don’t do anything I will seek a CBI inquiry,” he said.
-PTC News
