Toddler Rescued from Locked Car in Yavne After Teacher's Alert
A one-year-old toddler was rescued from a locked car at the Yavne railway station after his kindergarten teacher noticed his absence and alerted the mother. Police broke the window to free the child.
A quick-thinking kindergarten teacher likely saved the life of a one-year-old toddler who was accidentally left locked inside a car at the Yavne railway station parking lot. The child was successfully rescued on Tuesday morning.
The incident began when the teacher called the mother to inquire why her son had not arrived at the nursery. The mother suddenly realized she had forgotten him in the vehicle at the railway parking lot before heading up to her workplace in the nearby center. At 09:25, the frantic mother dialed the police 100 emergency hotline, reporting that the toddler had been trapped inside the car for about an hour and a half.
Police patrol officers Yossi Zechariah and Lin Bahumi rushed to the scene, located the vehicle, smashed the window, and pulled the toddler out safely. United Hatzalah medics who arrived alongside the police examined the child, who was crying, slightly dehydrated, and sweating, and provided him with water.
The mother was summoned back to the vehicle, though the toddler's grandparents ultimately arrived to take responsibility for him. Paramedics from MDA (Magen David Adom) determined that hospital evacuation was unnecessary, and the parents declined to have him transferred.
Nati Dahan, deputy head of the Yavne branch and a United Hatzalah medic at the scene, recounted: "When I arrived, I realized the toddler had been rescued from a locked car by police officers. I provided him with initial medical treatment; he was restless and cried a lot, and we gave him water. It is great fortune that the weather this morning was mild."
