Overview

• In Freiburg, passersby heard two toddlers crying in a parked car at 28 °C and alerted police who broke the driver’s window to free the unharmed children.
• Authorities reported the children in Freiburg showed stress and elevated body temperatures but did not require further medical treatment.
• Freiburg police are examining whether the parents breached their duty of supervision and may be held responsible for rescue costs.
• In Buchholz, a witness spotted a three-year-old sweating inside a locked vehicle with the window barely open and notified officers after at least 20 minutes of confinement.
• Buchholz authorities opened a negligent bodily harm investigation and warned caregivers about the rapid temperature rise that can occur in parked cars.