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Marianne Mizera

Toddler Dies In Hot Car During Heat Wave In Memphis

Ashley Graves, (right) coordinator of Safe Kids Pennsylvania, talks with a mom about the installation of a new infant car seat. The infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2021 requires auto manufacturers to install rear-seat reminders to alert adults when a child is accidentally left inside a vehicle. (Penn State Health/Flickr)

A toddler died May 19 after he was left for six hours in a hot vehicle parked just outside a daycare center in Memphis, Tennessee.

The child’s death — the third such fatality in the U.S. this year — underscores how dangerous high temperatures in cars can be.

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