Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Apr 16: In an incident which occurred in the town area here on Friday April 15, a car with a child inside got centrally locked by mistake. After 45 minutes during which period anxiety and tension prevailed, the child was rescued by breaking open the windshield.

The incident occurred on main road a little away from the bus stand here. A person who came in a car with his child, stopped the car opposite a mall and got out. As he realized that the car had not been locked, he locked it immediately by pressing the front door button. But he had failed to notice that the car engine was on, car key remained in its hole inside, and the child that was in slumber, was also inside the car.

As the car key was inside, there was no possibility of opening of the car, all the doors of which had got centrally locked. Thankfully, the air-conditioner was on, and hence, the child had no difficulty breathing. A large number of people soon gathered there, and a mechanic was summoned. Although the mechanic suggested that turning the battery to off position might cause the doors to open, the car owner dithered from following this suggestion, as he was apprehensive that air-conditioner might stop working and the breathing of the child might be affected. The child in the meantime, woke out of its slumber, and became restless.

At the end, one of the rear windshields were broken and the child was taken out, bringing a sense of relief to everyone present.