According to the statement made by the Shizuoka fire department, a 3-year-old boy was forgotten in the kindergarten bus, which was attended by 6 students and the principal, who reached the school at around 08:50 yesterday in the city of Makinohara. A school staff, who opened the door of the shuttle vehicle at around 14.10 due to the approaching time for the students to return home, found the 3-year-old student unconscious in the vehicle. It was reported that the student, who was taken to the hospital with the symptoms of high fever, could not be saved despite all the interventions.
While it was announced that the temperature of 30.5 degrees was recorded in the region yesterday at 12.55, it was stated that the 3-year-old girl died from heat stroke.
Shizuoka police searched the kindergarten where the incident took place today on suspicion of negligence. It was stated that a detailed investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Similar has happened
A similar neglect occurred in the country's Fukuoka state last year, where a 5-year-old boy died of heat stroke after being forgotten for about 9 hours in a locked kindergarten ward. After the incident that caused outrage in the country, the government ordered local governments to increase the measures.