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Heat Stroke Death a Risk to Children in Hot Cars
With warm weather, sadly, come tragic cases of children being left in hot cars and dying from heat stroke. On average, 37 children in the U.S. die of heat stroke each year after being left in a hot car, according to KidsAndCars.org. While it may be hard to imagine, many deaths have occurred when overstressed parents forgot that their children were in the backseat.
Child advocates urge back-seat alarms as 2 die in Arizona
A proposed law that would require carmakers to build alarms for back seats is being pushed by child advocates who say it will prevent kids from dying in hot cars. The law also would streamline the criminal process against caregivers who cause the deaths — cases that can be inconsistent but often heavier-handed against mothers. The latest deaths came in Arizona on triple-digit degree days over the weekend, with two baby boys found forgotten in vehicles in separate incidents.
115 degrees in 10 minutes: The dangers of kids and hot cars
When the engine is cut and the doors are shut, your vehicle can turn into an oven. Every year, children die trapped in the backs of hot cars. In the last 27 years, nearly 800 children died in hot cars. In 2017, 23 have died so far across the country. Now, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are pushing for change. Congress introduced the Hot Cars Act. It’s a bill aimed at forcing automakers to install rear seat alert systems on all new vehicles. The system would operate similarly to a seat belt reminder and ding if you cut the ignition and remind the driver of a passenger in the back seat.
Don’t Let Your Child Become a Hot Car Victim
Every year, an average of 37 children die from being locked inside a hot car in the U.S. Since 1994, 804 children have died from heat-related illnesses in cars, according to Kids and Cars, an advocacy center that conducts research on car-related dangers surrounding children. It’s heartbreaking—an unspeakable tragedy that could be avoided. When we hear stories of infants and toddlers dying in their car seats, while parents leave them unattended for hours, we think, “How could anyone possibly forget their child?”
Family loses son in hot car death, joins lawmakers in stopping it
“I still wake up every morning and cry. I still gaze at my picture that I carry with me," Miles Harrison said. It was a hot July day. Miles Harrison drove to work, forgetting to drop his 21-month-old son Chase off at daycare. Chase died after being left in a sweltering car for 9 hours. Miles was acquitted of manslaughter. But has never forgiven himself. "Just think it was a bad dream," he added. Now, nine years later, Miles and his wife Carol are on a mission to make sure this doesn’t happen to anymore families.
