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Kellyville Toddler Celebrates Birthday Year After ‘Terrifying’ Accident
Posted: May 05, 2018 5:23 PM CDT Updated: May 05, 2018 5:23 PM CDT BY: AMY SLANCHIK, NEWS ON 6 KELLYVILLE, Oklahoma – A toddler’s family is celebrating another year of life after a terrifying accident when she was run over by a pickup truck. As of this week, it’s required for all new vehicles sold in the United States to have […]
Read moreHighlands Ranch girl, 9, nearly strangled by seatbelt
Mother frees girl with emergency tool Jaclyn Allen 9:33 PM, May 4, 2018 HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Everyone knows seat belts save lives. But a Highlands Ranch mother and her daughter recently learned that same belt, used incorrectly, could put a child’s life in danger. Last week, Mary Eppolito and her 9-year-old daughter Briana pulled into […]
Read moreWant a car with a backup camera? Now they’re not just for pricier models, thanks to federal mandate
By JACLYN COSGROVE, LA Times MAY 03, 2018 | 3:00 AM A backup camera view on a 2013 Honda Civic Si Coupe. (Honda / Wieck) As thousands of passenger vehicles roll off the assembly line this week destined for the U.S. market, each of them will be equipped with backup cameras — the result of a long-awaited federal […]
Read moreA Mother Whose Lapse Led to Child’s Death Seeks to Prevent Further Hot-Car Casualties
A Procter & Gamble scientist channels grief over the death of her 15-month-old daughter into a campaign to raise awareness Karen Osorio with her daughter, Sofia, during a visit to Zion National Park in March 2017. PHOTO: HENRIQUE AVEIRO By Ellen Byron Updated May 3, 2018 9:43 a.m. ET MASON, Ohio— Karen Osorio was alarmed when her husband called […]
Read moreLong Efforts to Stop Hot-Car Deaths
Measures by child advocacy groups, hospitals, product developers and lawmakers have so far failed to bring down the death toll Cybex’s Sirona M car seat includes a sensor that alerts drivers to a child strapped in the back seat. PHOTO: WSJ PHOTO ILLUSTRATION; CYBEX By Ellen Byron, Updated May 2, 2018 4:42 p.m. ET Heatstroke is the leading cause […]
Read moreLI family turns car back-over tragedy into federal law
Kristin Thorne reports on the new federal law requiring vehicles to have backup cameras. By Kristin Thorne Wednesday, May 02, 2018 05:49PM SYOSSET, Long Island (WABC) — It’s not always easy to come to terms with mistakes we’ve made in our lives. Greg Gulbransen of Syosset knows all about that. 16 years ago he accidentally ran […]
Read moreThe Sirona M car seat keeps babies safe from forgetfulness and accidents
Far be it from us to ever encourage the use of a phone in a car, but there is a new smartphone-connected safety device for new parents that benefits from its mobile compatibility. Meet the Sirona M from Cybex, heralded as the world’s first and only smartphone-synched convertible car seat available, complete with SensorSafe 2.0 technology. These car seats […]
Read moreKids And Cars
HERLIFE Magazine, By Rebecca Flansburg We’ve heard the heartbreaking stories of a sleep-deprived parent, a hot car, an infant and a mistake that will haunt them for the rest of their life. We read the headlines of how another child lost their life after being left in an oppressively hot vehicle and shake our heads in dismay; […]
Read moreHot car deaths still problem despite push for Congress to require new reminder technology
Kara Kenney, 1:32 PM, Apr 11, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS — 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 […]
Read moreThe U.S. needs to move forward on rear-seat safety belts
By Fredrick Kunkle March 20 Email the author Safety advocates have sued the U.S. Department of Transportation to force action on a standard that would require automakers to include seat belt reminders for rear-seat passengers. Congress said the rule was supposed to have been issued by October 2015. In this photo, emergency personnel attend to a fatal crash […]
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