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Children die from heat stroke due to being left alone in a vehicle
A video is circulating on Facebook that every mother needs to see. It plays out the real life danger of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. The sad thing is that many people simply do not think this could ever happen to them. They could not be more wrong, and the misconception could cost a child their life.
Concerned about child in a hot car? Break the window
Bystanders could avoid punishment from car owners for breaking windows to rescue endangered children or disabled adults if a new S.C. House proposal becomes law.
After Baby's Death in Hot Car, Fundraiser Aims to Bolster Mother's Defense
News this past summer that an 8-month-old baby boy died after being left in a hot car in Arlington provoked a wide range of reactions — horror, sorrow, anger and, among other feelings, confusion: How can a mother forget her child? Tom and Crystal O'Neill reacted with sympathy and compassion.
The lethal consequences of forgetting young children in cars
It's known as 'fatal distraction' - young children forgotten and accidentally left in cars, often with lethal consequences.
2 Babies Dead: How Does a Parent Forget a Child in a Hot Car? 2013 in Review
The details connected to the deaths of two babies over the holiday weekend -- in separate incidents but under similar circumstances and only a short drive from each other in Virginia and Maryland -- could hardly be more tragic: In both cases, police say, a relative forgot the babies in a car with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees. Unfortunately, such cases are not rare.
