Summer’s Most Tragic, Preventable Deaths: 60 Seconds can help you avoid them in your family

By Scott Roberts

An important subject now that we’re in the hotter part of the year. It’s amazing (and upsetting) that already this year a dozen children have died in the US because they were left in a car on a hot day.

 

Animation of temperature rise in a closed car on an 80-degree day (Credit: Washington Post)

 

Tips for keeping children safe from heatstroke in vehicles. And yes, tips are needed.. (via Washington Post)

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