Overview

• A one-year-old became accidentally locked inside a parked car in Aurich when the parents’ key was left inside.
• As interior temperatures rose under the midday sun, the parents called emergency services for assistance.
• Feuerwehr Aurich crews used technical equipment to carefully break the driver’s-side window and free the child within minutes.
• The toddler was unharmed and was promptly returned to relieved parents, with police also on the scene.
• The incident renews calls for compulsory rear-seat reminder technology and stricter enforcement of child endangerment laws in Germany.