It is a tragedy that riddles the news every summer. Each summer young children are left in sweltering vehicles and die from heat exposure. Today reports that at this time last year, 19 children died in hot cars, while 700 have perished in the past 20 years. Of those children, 87 percent were under the age of 3. Many deaths occur because the young child is mistakenly forgotten, while another percentage of children had climbed into the vehicle without their parent's or guardian's knowledge. Yet, an unfortunate small number of deaths happen because the parents are simply uninformed about the dangers of this act. Here are a few suggestions on how to prevent future tragedies.
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