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Calpe Declares Mourning as Spain Probes Separate Child Deaths, Including Runaway-Car Fatality

Active investigations center on mechanical failure evidence with formal findings pending.

Overview

  • In Calpe, a parked car rolled down a very steep street and struck a 37-year-old mother and her 20-day-old baby; the infant died and the mother remains in the ICU in Dénia after surgery, with her condition described as reserved but improving.
  • Security video shows the car began moving about five minutes after being parked, and local police noted the handbrake warning light was on; forensic tests expected to take around 20 days will determine whether a mechanical failure disabled the immobilisation system.
  • Calpe has decreed three days of official mourning, lowering flags and suspending municipal events as neighbors leave flowers at the scene.
  • In a separate Calpe case, a four-year-old who fell from a fifth-floor balcony on September 7 died days later; investigators consider it an accident, with sources reporting the child had episodes of sleepwalking and no abandonment is alleged.
  • In A Coruña, emergency services confirmed the death of a two-year-old in a suspected entanglement with blind pull cords, and police have opened an inquiry as psychological support teams assist the family.