As
temperatures rise, please remember to never leave a child unattended or
unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
Since
1990, there have been 118 child hot car deaths in Florida – the second highest
number in the nation after Texas.
In
2023 alone, seven children died in Florida from heatstroke in vehicles, which
was the highest number in a single year since 2017.
Interior
vehicle temperatures can be 50 degrees higher than outside temperatures.
Even
on a cool day when the outside temperature is 61, within an hour, the inside
temperature of a car can reach more than 105 degrees.
And
a child’s body temperature can rise three to five times faster than an adult’s.
And cracking
the window, parking in the shade or having a lighter colored car doesn't
help.
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