In August alone, 10 children died from a preventable tragedy: vehicular heatstroke.
Nearly two years ago, Angela Jones lost her daughter, three-year-old Charlotte, in a hot car incident. Now, she is advocating for new measures to prevent similar tragedies. FOX 10's Danielle Miller reports.
In August alone, 10 children died of vehicular heatstroke, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. How does this happen? For families who have lost a child to vehicular heatstroke, it’s something they, too, wondered before it happened to them.Children are more susceptible to vehicular heatstroke
About 46% of the time, the caregiver meant to drop the child off at daycare or preschool — more than half of the deaths were children younger than 2. The highest number of child car deaths occurred on Thursdays and Fridays at the end of the workweek.In 10 minutes, the temperature inside a car can rise 20 degrees. It can get as hot as 115 degrees inside a car even if it’s 70 degrees outside.
Always lock your car doors and trunk, year-round, so children can’t get into unattended vehicles.Store car keys out of a child's reach and teach children that a vehicle is not a play area.If you see a child alone in a vehicle, first, you should make sure the child is okay and responsive. If not, call 911 immediately, the NHTSA says:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sean's Wishlist: Alex Bregman Named AL Player of the Month for AugustBack in June, as the Rockets were beginning to dig into their offseason and prepare for the draft, and as the world was waiting on Deshaun Watson's punishment, I sat down and came up with a wishlist that included my desired outcomes for those items and some other stuff. Along...
Read more »
Tesla US Sales Up 105% Year-Over-Year Doubling Market Share In AugustThe American EV manufacturer ended 2021 well and it seems on track improve on that performance this year when it expects to sell over 1.3-million cars globally.
Read more »
See What Vogue Editors Purchased (and Loved) in AugustFrom pretty flats to cozy sweaters, these are the items that made it into our shopping carts.
Read more »
Gay marriage bill, other major issues sit in limbo as Senate returns from August recessLawmakers face gay marrige bill, government funding, Electoral Count Act reform and more in final weeks of session before key November midterm elections.
Read more »
Core Scientific Sold Over 1,100 BTC in August for $26 MillionUS crypto miner Core Scientific produced 1,334 BTC in August and sold 1,125 BTC of that amount for around $26 million.
Read more »
It’s now a buyer’s market, as Denver’s August housing report shows single-family home prices fallingBuyer’s now have the power in Denver’s housing market as home prices are falling and homes are staying in the market for longer, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
Read more »