Overview

• On June 22 the three siblings joined their parents at a strawberry field before climbing into their parked BMW to escape the heat
• The car’s doors and windows locked unexpectedly, trapping the children inside for roughly half an hour as temperatures rose
• Firefighters arrived around 12:07 p.m., cooled the vehicle with water after covering it from direct sunlight then smashed a window to complete the rescue
• Medical personnel at the scene found signs of overheating along with anxiety; none of the children required hospital treatment
• Investigators have begun examining the BMW’s locking system to uncover the cause of the malfunction, with the goal of preventing future entrapments