It is very hot in South France. There was an accident on Monday. The police found two dead children. The children were 2 and 4 years old. They lay in their parents car.
The car stood on a car park in Carpentras. It was 39 degrees hot there. The helpers came at 13:20. They could not help the children. The hearts of the children stopped beating. This is called a Heart-Kreislauf-Stillstand.
The police examine the case now. The investigators think: The big heat is the cause of death. The mother of the children is in shock. Doctors look after her. France has many problems because of the heat.
