Nine people, including six children, died when an overloaded SUV veered off a rural road and flipped into a canal in Belle Glade, Florida. Authorities say the 2023 Ford Explorer, carrying 10 passengers, struck a guardrail before overturning into the water. Only one person, 26-year-old Jorden Hall, survived and remains hospitalized. The crash remains under investigation.
“It took losing my son and husband to understand that it can happen even to the most loving and attentive parents," Laura Beck tells PEOPLE
If the boy’s death is ruled to be from heat exposure, he will be at least the 10th child this year to die in a hot car, according to advocates, who want vehicles to have life-saving technology.
If you thought you could safely leave your kid or dog in the car and dash into a store, you’d be wrong.
A Sun-Times test this month — before the recent heat wave hit — found the inside temperature of a parked car in a sunny spot rocketed to dangerous levels in minutes.
