5-year-old child died in the shuttle bus Cause of death was heat stroke.

On the 29th, it was found on the shuttle bus of a nursery school in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and it was found by police interview that the cause of death of a 5-year-old child who died was heat stroke.

The police think that there is a suspicion of accidental fatalities in business, so they will investigate the situation at that time by listening to the director in his 40s who was driving the bus.

On the evening of the 29th, at "Futaba Nursery School" in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fuyuo Kurakake (5) was found lying down on the shuttle bus used when he went to the park and died.

It seems that he was left in the car for about 9 hours from the time the bus arrived at the nursery school until he was found in the car, and the cause of death was found by police interviews.

According to police, the bus was driven by a female principal in her 40s, and there were no other staff members on board, but another staff member helped her when she arrived at the nursery school and dropped off her children. ..

The director told the police, "I thought the child got off at the nursery school, but I haven't confirmed it. I locked the bus."

The police have decided to investigate the situation at that time by listening to the director, considering that there is a possibility that the confirmation when removing the child from the bus was insufficient and there is a suspicion of accidental fatalities in business.

Mother of a dead child "Return my son"

On the afternoon of the 30th, the mother of Fuyu Kurakake, who died, told me about Fuyu, "I often said that I like curry rice the most and I want you to make it. I plan to go to the aquarium. I was there. "

On top of that, "I was happy just because I was a very cute child. I can't forgive that I'm always happy just to see a smile and I can't see that smile. I want you to come back to Fuyu. I want you to return it. "

Fukuoka Prefecture notifies thorough safety confirmation after child death

In response to the death of a 5-year-old child found lying down in a shuttle bus at a nursery school in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture notified all childcare facilities in the prefecture to thoroughly check the safety of the child through the municipalities. Was issued.

According to the notification issued by the Fukuoka Prefecture Childcare Support Division to more than 2,300 childcare facilities in the prefecture, including nursery schools and certified childcare centers, the number of children when they go to and leave the school using a shuttle bus, etc. We request that the situation be thoroughly checked, and that the accident prevention manuals prepared at each childcare facility be reviewed again and revised as necessary.

On the other hand, according to the prefecture, the national guidelines that stipulate the safety management of childcare facilities state that efforts should be made for safety inspections inside and outside the facility and that a system for safety measures should be established. There is no specific description of.

Since it is often not included in the manuals created by each childcare facility based on this guideline, it is not subject to audits conducted by the prefecture and it is difficult to provide guidance.

Cases of child death left in the past

There have been a series of cases in Fukuoka Prefecture where children were left unattended and died on a shuttle bus from a nursery school.

In July 2007, at a nursery school in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, a 2-year-old child was left in a car under the scorching sun for nearly 4 hours after returning from an excursion and died of heat stroke.

Former nursery school employees were found guilty of negligent fatalities on the job, alleging that all the children had neglected to confirm whether they got out of the car.

Furthermore, in August of last year, a 2-year-old boy was left in Kurume City for about 8 minutes until the nursery teacher noticed it in the shuttle bus of the nursery school.

The shuttle bus was operated by the city outsourced to a business operator, and the nursery teacher neglected to confirm the boarding and alighting of the children.

Kurume City instructed businesses to thoroughly prevent recurrence, saying that "if you make a mistake, it is a life-threatening accident."