There have been 15 heatstroke deaths of children left in hot cars already in 2019. And it's not even July.

Fifteen children have died from heatstroke in the U.S. this year as a result of being left in hot cars – and it's not even July

Fifteen children have died from heatstroke in the U.S. this year as a result of being left in hot cars – and it's not even July yet.

"Officers found the child deceased on the floorboard of a minivan that was parked on the property," the city of Morristown wrote in a statement on Facebook. "Investigators believe, at this time, the child entered the vehicle without anyone knowing and became trapped." The annual number has increased each year since 2016, when 39 children died from heatstroke in hot cars. In 2017, there were 43 deaths, and in 2018 there were 52, the highest ever recorded.

Story continuesOn June 22, a 1-year-old boy died after being left inside a hot car in Galveston, Texas, for about five hours in a parking lot of a restaurant where his father was working.

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