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Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Miles Harrison, 49, was an amiable person, a diligent businessman and a doting, conscientious father until the day last summer -- beset by problems at work, making call after call on his cellphone -- he forgot to drop his son, Chase, at day care. The toddler slowly sweltered to death, strapped into a car seat for nearly nine hours in an office parking lot in Herndon in the blistering heat of July. It was an inexplicable, inexcusable mistake, but was it a crime? That was the question for a judge to decide.
Father gives tearful warning after leaving child in hot car
The loss of a child is unimaginable, but what if it was an accident you, the parent, could have prevented? 25 children died last year from being accidentally left inside a hot car. As the temperatures soar this summer, a grieving father has a powerful message for you. Richie Gray has to live with a terrible reality each day. He mistakenly left his 1-year-old daughter Sophie inside a hot car. He shares his family's heartbreak in the hopes of helping another parent from making this same tragic mistake.
An epidemic of children dying in hot cars: a tragedy that can be prevented
I have been studying the brain and memory since 1980, but I was baffled when a news reporter asked me in 2004 how parents can forget that their children are in the car with them. It seemed incomprehensible that parents could leave a child in a car and then go about their daily activities, as their child dies of hyperthermia in a car that reaches scorching temperatures.
Leaving A Child In A Hot Car Is A Tragedy That Could Happen To Anyone
As we focus on child safety tips this summer, one of the most dangerous incidents happens in something we use everyday: a car. 37 children die every year from being left in a hot vehicle in easily-preventing accidents. Vice President of Kids And Cars Susan Auriemma gives us an in-depth look at the issue of vehicle safety and accident prevention.
What You Need to Know About Backup Cameras
Backup cameras are more than just a cool feature: They can be lifesavers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is making those cameras mandatory, and for good reason: The agency wants to help prevent the 210 fatalities and 15,000 injuries caused each year by backover crashes.
