Young boy is found dead in the boot of a car at Mooroopna after neighbours hear chilling screams
A 10-year-old boy has been found dead in a car boot in regional Victoria.
The boy had been playing with a group of friends in a car parked on Gange Street at Mooroopna, 180km north of Melbourne, at 3.30pm on Sunday.
The boy had become trapped in the car ‘for a few hours’ when he suffered a cardiac arrest, the Herald Sun reported.
Temperatures reached a scorching 35.5C on the day.
A resident said they heard screams coming from down the street and went to rush to help.
‘Don’t go over there,’ another neighbour told them.
A second resident said they had been told the boy had been in the boot for a ‘few hours’.
Another local described the scene as ‘very sad’.
The boy had been playing with a group of friends in a car parked on Gange Street at Mooroopna, 180km north of Melbourne , at 3.30pm on Sunday
‘Kids in cars is not a good mix,’ they said.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said the child likely died from a cardiac event.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the death was not being treated as suspicious.
An investigation has been launched into the death.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
