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Italy toddler dies after being left in car for hours | Italy toddler dies after being left in car for hours |
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An Italian toddler has died after being left in a hot car for five hours by her father who had forgotten to drop her off at day care. | |
Doctors in the city of Ancona declared the 22-month-old Elena dead - three days after the incident. | |
Father Lucio Petrizzi, a professor of veterinary medicine, said that he had inexplicably thought he had left her at a nursery on the way to work. | |
Prosecutors are due to decide whether to charge him with manslaughter. | Prosecutors are due to decide whether to charge him with manslaughter. |
Mother's appeal | |
Mr Petrizzi said he had left his daughter in the car on Wednesday. | |
He said he had returned from work only to find her barely breathing in his car. | |
The father then frantically called an ambulance, but doctors were unable to save Elena who had an extensive brain swelling. | |
The mother, Chiara Sciarrini, appealed for understanding for her partner. | |
She told Italian media that what had happened to him "could have happened to anyone". | She told Italian media that what had happened to him "could have happened to anyone". |
"I want to shout to the entire world how much my companion loved his daughter. He is an exemplary father," said the mother, who is eight months pregnant. | "I want to shout to the entire world how much my companion loved his daughter. He is an exemplary father," said the mother, who is eight months pregnant. |
An autopsy is expected to be carried out early next week. | |
A two-year girl and a young boy have become recipients of Elena's heart and liver, after the toddler's parents gave permission for the organs to be transplanted. |