A 33-year-old French mother is facing unintentional manslaughter charges after her two young sons, aged two and four, died inside a car that investigators estimate reached 70°C, parked on a family driveway in Carpentras, southern France. The tragedy unfolded on Monday during a European heatwave that pushed regional temperatures to 48°C, with Wafa El Boubkari discovering her boys, Kassim and Sadek, unresponsive in the back of her white Peugeot at around 1:00 pm.
Carpentras prosecutor Hélène Mourges confirmed emergency services rushed to the property early Monday afternoon. 'The cause of death is still under investigation, but the heatwave is the leading theory,' Mourges told local media. A preliminary post-mortem conducted on Tuesday revealed the brothers died of dehydration caused by exposure to excessive heat.
