MULTAN: Two children died of heat and suffocation while another one fell unconscious when they were left unattended in a car at Zakariya Town in Shujabad here on Friday.

According to Rescue 1122 spokesperson Abdul Jabbar, Ali Hasan (4), Shehzore (7) and Aalam Sher got on the car and its doors got locked automatically.

Ali Hasan and Shehzore were retrieved dead while Aalam Sher was unconscious and was soon shifted to the Shujabad Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2017