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Laws deal with deaths children left in hot cars
This spring the Alabama Legislature passed the Amiyah White Act to prosecute people who leave children alone in cars. Although the act was only directed at a particular group of people -- paid caretakers who watch adults and care for children in day care situations -- it pointed the spotlight on a tragic problem that crops up every summer.
A hot day, a parked car — and tragic consequences
In one week in early July, two Canadian toddlers died after being left in hot cars, one in Alberta, one in Ontario. Cases like these happen with frightening—and increasing—regularity: multiple times every summer in Canada, and almost 40 times per year in the U.S.
Monsters or mortals? Children in car seats too often out of sight and mind
It couldn't happen to you. It couldn't happen to me. Sure, we might get distracted. We might misplace keys, or the remote. We might click our browsers, only to forget what we were looking for, but we could never forget a child.
Heatwave Heightens Danger for Kids in Cars
It can happen when a harried parent forgets to drop off their sleeping baby at day care and instead hurries off to work or a when a child “plays” in a car or its trunk and becomes trapped.
Mother goes on crusade after son dies in hot SUV
The anguish that came in March 2007 was nearly unbearable for Lyn Balfour and her family. "I just couldn't believe I could forget my child," recalls Balfour. "It was very devastating for me." It was similar to every other day, but she was tired and working on a different routine. Slight deviations in her morning led to distractions that turned tragic, according to Balfour. About seven hours after parking and heading to work, she got a phone call that would haunt her. The family babysitter was on the other line, wondering why the 9‐ month‐old boy was never dropped off.
