THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 2, 2021 at 17:40 JST
The school bus in which Toma Kurakake is believed to have been left alone for nine hours. The bus was parked at the nursery school's parking space until the early evening of July 29. (Provided by a reader)
NAKAMA, Fukuoka Prefecture--A 5-year-old boy left alone in a locked school bus for nine hours in blazing heat died of heatstroke in what police suspect was a clear-cut case of negligence on the part of the nursery school he attended. [Read More]
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