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Father speaks about daughter's death during heat-stroke awareness event
Reginald McKinnon stands in a garden of photographs representing children who have died of hyperthermia when locked in hot cars. His 18-month-old daughter died after he forgot her in the back seat. He spoke about the tragedy during a news conference June 13.
Bensalem grandfather invents device to keep kids safe
The deaths of children in hot cars hit Russ Rusakov hard, especially when a 2-year-old boy died outside a day care center after being forgotten in a car in Penndel, not far from Rusakov’s home in Bensalem.
Heatstroke prevention tips for parents
Summer is here and as temperatures beginning to climb throughout the summer months, parents should be aware of the dangers of leaving your child unattended in your vehicle. Last year alone, there were two deaths in Oklahoma from child vehicular heatstroke death.
Child deaths in hot cars target of awareness campaign
A change in routine, combined with a miscommunication between Justin and Jessica Marson of Manteca, Calif., led to their family tragedy on Aug. 16, 2008.
National campaign works to stop child car deaths
Sweltering hot cars kill on average one child every nine days, prompting the federal government to take up a skyrocketing problem in which distracted, yet loving parents are often to blame.
