Teen gets locked inside of her car and can't get out.......dies from heat exhaustion

[SuikodenII]

http://news.sky.com/story/1141677/teenage-girl-dies-trapped-in-locked-car

A teenage girl has been found dead in a car after apparently being trapped when the locking system allegedly malfunctioned.

Police said the alleged locking problem coupled with the hot weather conditions that day appeared to have contributed to her death.

Graciela Martinez, 14, died in the family's BMW 328i in the car park of Madera South High School in California.

Authorities said she and her brother drove to school together, but Graciela stayed in the vehicle when they arrived because the start of her class was not for another hour.


At the end of school, her brother found her.


Graciela, who weighed less than six stone, had apparently been unable to break the car window and free herself.

Her sister Patricia told KMPH: "She was a good sister, and that I loved her. I didn't even get to talk to her. She went in the car and she was dead already.

"She was a nice person. She came from school and then went to work.

"And then after work she would help my mum around the house. She didn't have no problems in school or anything. She had good grades."

Graciela's father told KMPH he bought the car for about $11,000 (£7,000) six months ago from a private party, and there was no indication anything was wrong with the locking system.

When investigators tested the car, they reportedly found that the doors would sometimes lock on the inside and outside when the key was used, disabling the horn and making it almost impossible to escape.

A BMW spokesman told Sky News: “BMW is shocked and saddened by this tragedy.

"Our special product investigation team in North America will fully co-operate and support the local authorities during the investigation.

"Unfortunately, further comment is not possible at this time.”

Never thought something like that could happen, getting locked inside your car with no way out on some final destination shyt

 

[Super Ramon]

There has to be some foul play involved

 

[ADK]

IDK how hard it is to break a window but there had to be a way out

 

[Nymeria]

So she was just 84 pounds??? No wonder she couldn't break the damn window.

 

[Da Jungles]

Christine

 

[nalej]

Weigh 84 lbs brehs..

 

[Raava]

Christine

This freaking face I did not want to laugh.

That is a horrible way to die.

 

[Kitsune]

I wouldve been blasting some bass heavy ghetto shyt, im talkin max volume. Some nosey cac would have found me in 3 minutes tops

 

[Da King]

I still don't get how she couldn't jump in the front seat and open the door, how can you lock yourself in a car?

 

[Kliq_Souf]

how the hell the locks fail

Sound like a "Ask Ashley" scenario from All That...

OPEN THE FRIGGIN DOOR

 

[thegreatwb]

I still don't get how she couldn't jump in the front seat and open the door, how can you lock yourself in a car?

the way it's described, I think all the doors were locked. I personally would have kicked out one of the windows or tried to keep beeping the horn.

 

[Mowgli]

Time to sue BMW and get paid.

This girl might be retarded though. It has a pull up lock and a horn,

 

[Slystallion]

so all the doors had a child lock type system?

yeah BMW is going to get sued sounds like a really bad electronic malfunction

 

[nalej]

this story seems fishy. they parked at a school and she couldn't get anyone's attention by honking the horn? you would have to be in the middle of nowhere to not here a car horn. also please tell me she was smart enough to use the horn.

 

[Fmju]

Rip to her but damn this a weird ass way to go. They ain't have a steering wheel club or nothing to break the window?