Baby dies in car from heatstroke

Tokyo - Japanese police have arrested a woman (24) whose nine-month-old baby died of heatstroke in her car while she played pinball…

Tokyo - Japanese police have arrested a woman (24) whose nine-month-old baby died of heatstroke in her car while she played pinball.

Ms Hisae Shimizu left her son alone in the car on Tuesday in Maebashi, 100 km north of Tokyo, for several hours while she played pinball, a local police official said.

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