
12 children have died in hot cars so far this year, report says
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Twelve children have died so far in 2021 after being left in hot cars in the U.S., according to a nonprofit dedicated to saving the lives of children in or near vehicles.
"This time, this tragedy strikes close to home," John B. Townsend II, AAA Mid-Atlantic’s manager of public and government affairs, said in a Wednesday statement sharing the numbers and referencing the latest incident, which took place in Springfield, Virginia. "Yet most parents and caregivers think this could never happen to them – they could never forget their child in the backseat of a car." Fairfax County police said on Tuesday that authorities found an unresponsive 5-year-old in a vehicle on Grey Fox Drive. Responders transported the child to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, as Fox 5 Washington, D.C., first reported.More Related News