Samoan child reportedly suffocates in car

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

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.