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Anniversary of Baby's Hot Car Death Prompts Warning
June 20, 2010 is Conni Lowe's worst day... the day she lost her granddaughter, Holly Judy. At the time, she had not met the five-month-old. "I met Holly for the first time at the funeral," Conni said on the eight year anniversary of Holly's death. Judy was left in her mother's car on June 19, 2010, while her mother went into an office to pay a bill. It was a hot day outside: the temperature reached the mid-80's. Holly was forgotten, only to be found and died the next day.
Look Before You Lock Interview with Janet Welch
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https://www.krgv.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=14412379Valley mom advocates for sensors to prevent hot car deaths
10 years later and it's still hard to talk about at all. But speaking so publicly? That's something Dawn Peabody had to think hard about after her daughter Maya died in the backseat of a hot car. But she wants something positive to come from her family's tragedy.
'It can happen to anyone': Mom shares story on child's hot car death
A local mom shares her story about how her child died after being left in a vehicle on a hot day and says the biggest mistake parents make is thinking it can't happen to them.
Sensor technology can prevent toddlers from dying in hot cars
Each summer in the U.S., 35 to 40 children die after being inadvertently left in hot cars. Safety advocates say the heart-wrenching scenario will continue to play out until vehicles come equipped with detection systems to prevent it. Just as vehicles now come equipped with systems to alert drivers of an open door or a seat belt that's not attached, technology to detect an occupied child seat could also be mandated to address an issue that has had more than 800 children dying in hot car deaths since 1990, safety experts say.
