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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.
Frontover deaths involving kids skyrocketing with truck and SUV popularity
Federal law now requires all new cars sold in the US to come equipped with rear cameras and screens. It's to prevent backover crashes, many times involving small children. The recent change is a huge victory for child safety advocates, but this doesn't solve another problem happening at an alarming rate: frontover crashes. It's a crash that happens when you can't see what's in front of your parked vehicle. With the rising popularity of big SUVs and trucks, the chances of these incidents happening have increased.