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Hot car deaths still problem despite push for Congress to require new reminder technology
Ten children have died in hot cars in Indiana since 1990, and 37 kids die every year in the United States from vehicular heatstroke. The group KidsAndCars.Org is raising awareness Wednesday for National Heatstroke Prevention Day. Amber Andreasen, a spokesperson with KidsAndCars.Org, said many people don’t realize a child can die in a hot car even on a cool day.
Think It Can’t Happen to You … Think Again!
New regulations at Florida child care facilities hope to cut down on hot car deaths
Leaving a child in a hot car may seem like something no parent could ever do. But it happens. And the results are often deadly. According to the Department of Children and Families, the problem of kids being left in hot vehicles occurs accidently when a parent changes their routine. "Hot car deaths are a problem, maybe even an epidemic especially in our state. It’s something we are all concerned about," said Will Anderson, a father of two young girls. On Wednesday, police say a child died after being left inside a hot car at a Miami shopping plaza. Witnesses say the child's mother works nearby and forgot her child in the car.
Imagine forgetting a child in a hot car …
ook at that face, those eyes as blue as robin’s eggs, the baby teeth of her smile, and imagine forgetting her.Listen to her chatter, the way she stretched the word “puppy” – her favorite animal – like it was two words, and imagine forgetting her. Watch how she always seemed in such a hurry, as if she knew time was short, and imagine forgetting her. Maliyah Jones dressed as Snow White for Halloween 2016. She died the next July after police say her child care workers forgot her and left her locked in an SUV.
Mother of child who died in a hot car advocates for child safety
Normally on a Saturday morning, Dawn’s youngest child Maya would go to work with her while her husband stayed at home with their other children. But on this occasion following the outing, Maya went home in the car with Wes so she could spend time with her visiting grandparents. It was that change in routine that changed Wes and Dawn’s life forever.
