Many children have died by being left behind in a hot car
Most common reasons children die in a hot car are because someone forgot about them, the child snuck into the car and couldn't get out or the driver left them in.
Source: cbs19.tv
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Most common reasons children die in a hot car are because someone forgot about them, the child snuck into the car and couldn't get out or the driver left them in.
A five-year-old boy became the fifth child to die in a hot car in the U.S. in 2022. Experts say the deaths are "100% preventable."
The Waco police department sent out a reminder to parents, and the community, after a 1-year-old child died from being left in a car for over nine hours. This marks the second child-vehicular heatstroke death in Texas this year, and the 20th in the United States.