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What Kind Of Parent Forgets A Child In A Broiling Car?
What kind of parent forgets their baby in a hot car? I ask that question every year at this time, as temperatures rise and the number of children who die grisly deaths -- literally baking in the backseat -- also start to climb. This year is shaping up to be a particularly bad one, on track to match the worst year ever.
When parents accidentally forget children in hot cars
The story of Kyrese Dwayne Anderson is tragic. The 3-year-old boy was left in a hot car in Florida for three hours and died of hyperthermia last Saturday.
Watch out: Government delays backup camera rule, again
A government rule that would require a backup camera to be standard on all new cars has been delayed a fourth time, now pushed to 2015.
Leaving a child alone in a car can quickly turn deadly
In the past 15 years, more than 550 children across the United States have died from heatstroke after being left alone in a car. That’s an average of 37 lives—an entire classroom full of children—lost each year to a completely avoidable accident.
Look Before You Lock to avoid heat stroke-related child deaths
In less than two months, four Florida children died after they were left inside broiling cars when outdoor temperatures topped 80 degrees. With 15 similar child deaths nationwide since May, that number has already doubled that of the same time frame last year.
