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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.
A mother's mission to prevent child deaths in hot cars
Deona Bien is the Director of Women and Children Services at Trident Health and is also the Vice President of the nonprofit, Kids and Car Safety.
Special Report: New Ways To Save Lives
A simple camera may save a life. That's the hope of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and an organization called Kids and Car Safety.
I Left My Baby in a Hot Car: One Mom Shares Her Tragic Story
"Unlike some parents I was absolutely blessed to have the opportunity to hold my son one last time and tell him goodbye, and I made a promise to him that no matter how painful it would be to go through my story over and over and over again if just one parent listens and understood about the dangers and educated themselves and took the prevention measures for vehicles ... his death would be worth it. No parent wants to feel like I do every day, to be responsible for your own child's death." - Lyn Balfour
