Overview

• A four-year-old girl became trapped in a locked car when her mother accidentally shut the doors with the key left on the passenger seat.
• The mother’s attempts to open the vehicle proved unsuccessful until Bochum firefighters arrived at the church parking lot in Gerthe.
• Crews fashioned a long bent wire to hook the key fob through a window slit and passed it back to the child in her car seat.
• Following directions from the emergency team, the girl confidently used the retrieved fob to unlock the car herself.
• The incident ended without injury and underscores the importance of rapid emergency response in accidental vehicle lock-ins.