Police in Bolobedu outside Tzaneen have opened an inquest docket after three children aged between two and six years suffocated inside a family vehicle parked in the yard at Jamela village under Bolobedu policing area.
The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, 10 January 2024.
Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says they’ve opened an inquest docket.
“Police received a complaint from the clinic where three children were brought by their parents in a critical condition after they were discovered lying unconscious inside a parked sedan motor vehicle. Limpopo’s Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has ordered the police to leave no stone unturned to unearth the circumstances surrounding these mysterious deaths.”
The two children, a three-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister went to play next door with the two-year-old girl and while playing, they got inside a parked vehicle with all the windows closed.
They were later discovered unconscious by a younger relative who alerted the elders.The three children were then rushed to the local clinic.
Two were declared dead on arrival, the third one ,a 3 year old boy was transferred to Kgapane hospital and later to Mankweng where he was admitted and later pronounced dead.