Perdita
25-05-2010, 18:26
A five-month-old baby boy has been treated in hospital for 20% burns after spending one of the hottest days of the year on the beach, police have said.
The youngster had been on Brighton seafront on Sunday afternoon when he was spotted by Police Community Support Officers.
The officers intervened as temperatures at the East Sussex tourist spot reached 25C.
An ambulance was called for the baby and paramedics who attended the scene believed he was suffering from 20% burns to his body.
He was then taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital for treatment.
A Sussex Police spokeswoman said the boy had been visiting the south coast resort from London with his 29-year-old mother.
She also said that no arrests have been made.
But she told Sky News Online that the case had been passed to the Metropolitan Police as the mother lives in the capital.
The spokeswoman said Met officers would decide if there were any child protection issues in relation to the incident.
That poor little mite :( What was the mother thinking, surely she must have noticed:searchme:
The youngster had been on Brighton seafront on Sunday afternoon when he was spotted by Police Community Support Officers.
The officers intervened as temperatures at the East Sussex tourist spot reached 25C.
An ambulance was called for the baby and paramedics who attended the scene believed he was suffering from 20% burns to his body.
He was then taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital for treatment.
A Sussex Police spokeswoman said the boy had been visiting the south coast resort from London with his 29-year-old mother.
She also said that no arrests have been made.
But she told Sky News Online that the case had been passed to the Metropolitan Police as the mother lives in the capital.
The spokeswoman said Met officers would decide if there were any child protection issues in relation to the incident.
That poor little mite :( What was the mother thinking, surely she must have noticed:searchme: