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Tragically this summer at least 20 children across the nation have died from hyperthermia after being left alone in hot cars. A couple of them have been in Utah.
Somehow the message of what can occur anytime a child is left unattended in a vehicle, even for a few minutes, needs to be proclaimed loudly and incessantly.
One can only imagine the grief experienced by a parent responsible for such an act. News viewers caught a glimpse of that last week in Davis County when a young mother stood before a judge to be sentenced for causing the death of her infant son who died in June after being left in a hot car for about two hours.
"I wish a million times I could do that day over," said the woman to the judge. "I will be paying for it the rest of my life."
Undoubtedly, she will. As will others who for whatever reason negligently step away from their vehicle on a hot day with a child strapped inside. It doesn't take long for the temperature in the vehicle to reach oven-like levels. And there sits the helpless, suffering child.
KSL joins in proclaiming this message of awareness with the sincere hope that future tragedies can be avoided.
