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Petition to prevent hot car deaths; asks President Obama for help
In the last 20 years, more than 670 children have died after being left in hot vehicles. This year alone, statistics show 17 children have died.
KIDS AND CARS' PETITION AIMS TO PREVENT DEATHS IN HOT VEHICLES
A national effort has been launched to help prevent accidents involving children being left in hot cars.
Hot cars can be deadly for kids, pets within minutes
Amberlee was only 99 days old when Brown’s husband forgot her in the car on a hot summer day in Phoenix.
Kids group wants White House to address hot-car deaths
Cars come equipped with alarms that remind motorists to buckle their seatbelts, chimes that indicate headlights are still on after the engine is turned off and buzzers that sound if keys are left in the ignition, says Janette Fennell. Forget a sleeping child in the rear seats, however, and drivers are on their own.
Hot Car Deaths in the United States 2014 (INTERACTIVE)
It's the saddest story of the summer. Each year, dozens of American children die in cars in the heat. Some of these cases occur when a parent forgets there's a kid in the car, and others happen when a child ventures into a vehicle and gets trapped.
