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Concerned about child in a hot car? Break the window
Bystanders could avoid punishment from car owners for breaking windows to rescue endangered children or disabled adults if a new S.C. House proposal becomes law.
After Baby's Death in Hot Car, Fundraiser Aims to Bolster Mother's Defense
News this past summer that an 8-month-old baby boy died after being left in a hot car in Arlington provoked a wide range of reactions — horror, sorrow, anger and, among other feelings, confusion: How can a mother forget her child? Tom and Crystal O'Neill reacted with sympathy and compassion.
The lethal consequences of forgetting young children in cars
It's known as 'fatal distraction' - young children forgotten and accidentally left in cars, often with lethal consequences.
2 Babies Dead: How Does a Parent Forget a Child in a Hot Car? 2013 in Review
The details connected to the deaths of two babies over the holiday weekend -- in separate incidents but under similar circumstances and only a short drive from each other in Virginia and Maryland -- could hardly be more tragic: In both cases, police say, a relative forgot the babies in a car with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees. Unfortunately, such cases are not rare.
Wisconsin child care providers could be required to check in on parents
Advocates say the bill authored by Reps. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton and Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, could save lives, but to some daycare providers it “feels like overkill.”
