21 Feb 2018

Samoan child reportedly suffocates in car

1:37 pm on 21 February 2018

A Samoan three-year-old child is thought to have suffocated in a car last Friday and police are investigating.

Samoa police badge bearing the country's public seal which reads "Faavae i Le Atua Samoa" which translates to English as "God be the Foundation of Samoa"

Photo: RNZI/ Koroi Hawkins

The Samoa Observer reported the police spokesperson, Superintendent Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo, had confirmed the investigation, but could not give any details.

But a source told the paper that the incident occurred in Vaitoloa which is on the outskirts of Apia.