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Trunk Entrapment - Latest News
Emergency Trunk-Release Lever Saves Lives
For the 2002 model year, all cars were required to feature a standard glow-in-the-dark trunk-release lever, which opens the compartment from the inside in the event of an emergency. Since the mandate, no children have died in the trunk of a car equipped with the lever, but accidental trunk entrapment in older cars has killed at least 22 children since 2002, according to safety watchdog and advocacy group Kids and Car Safety.
Could your child escaped from locked car trunk?
Sometimes children play in places they shouldn't, like the trunk of the car. If your child got trapped inside, could he or she get out?
Leawood Woman Saved Countless Lives
Janette Fennel of Leawood has one remarkable story of how in one instant, back in 1995, her life changed forever.
