Toddler dies after being left alone in minibus in scorching heat in South Korea
Social affairsJul 18, 2018
Two additional deaths were attributed to the heat in South Korea as of Wednesday morning, bringing the heat-related death toll in the country to six this year. A 4-year-old girl was found dead in a minibus on Tuesday afternoon after being left inside alone for nearly seven hours in scorching heat, in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. An elderly man in his 80s was also found dead at a farm on the same day in Namwon, South Jeolla Province. Daytime highs reached 35 degrees Celsius in most provinces o