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Valley mom advocates for sensors to prevent hot car deaths
10 years later and it's still hard to talk about at all. But speaking so publicly? That's something Dawn Peabody had to think hard about after her daughter Maya died in the backseat of a hot car. But she wants something positive to come from her family's tragedy.
'It can happen to anyone': Mom shares story on child's hot car death
A local mom shares her story about how her child died after being left in a vehicle on a hot day and says the biggest mistake parents make is thinking it can't happen to them.
Sensor technology can prevent toddlers from dying in hot cars
Each summer in the U.S., 35 to 40 children die after being inadvertently left in hot cars. Safety advocates say the heart-wrenching scenario will continue to play out until vehicles come equipped with detection systems to prevent it. Just as vehicles now come equipped with systems to alert drivers of an open door or a seat belt that's not attached, technology to detect an occupied child seat could also be mandated to address an issue that has had more than 800 children dying in hot car deaths since 1990, safety experts say.
Hot cars and kids: Study shows killer temps hit in an hour
Cars can heat up to killer temperatures in just an hour in summer, a new study finds. Researchers ran an experiment, using identical cars left in the sun and the shade at different times of day to discover it doesn't take long for hot cars to reach temperatures high enough to kill children left inside.
Parking in shade won’t prevent hot car deaths, new study says
There is new evidence a child alone in a car on a hot day can turn deadly even if you’ve parked in the shade. From Winter Garden, Florida, NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY on the eye-opening new study.
