Mum charged with murder after allegedly leaving baby in hot car
She is facing years in prison. A mother in the US has been charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly left her six month old baby in a hot car as she went to work. The baby girl, identified as Carissa Lewis, was left in the car for five hours while her mum went to […]
4 years ago
Baby twins die in hot car after dad forgets to drop them to creche
Harrowing. Twin babies have sadly died in a hot car after their father forgot to drop them off at the creche. Speaking out about the incident that happened in 2019, mum Marissa Quattrone Rodriguez is warning others of the horrific incident that her family endured. Recalling the day, Marissa was at work when she got […]
4 years ago
Australian creche fined $71,000 over death of toddler left on hot bus
The three-year-old tragically died in February last year. An Australian childcare provider has been fined $71,000 over the death of a toddler left on a hot bus whilst in its care last year. Goodstart Early Learning pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the death of three-year-old Maliq Nicholas Lloyd Namok-Malamoo, including failing to supervise […]
5 years ago
“I blanked out. I killed my babies”: How the brain makes it easy to forget your child in a hot car
The more we understand how it happens, the more we can stop it from happening. Every summer, news reports emerge about children dying from heatstroke and/or dehydration after being left in a hot car. Earlier this month, a five-year-old boy died in Croatia when his father forgot he was sleeping in the back of the […]
5 years ago
Dad Charged After Twin Girls Die In Hot Car
An investigation has been launched in Atlanta, Georgia after twin fifteen-month-old girls died in a hot car. When paramedics arrived on the scene at a duplex in Carrollton, frantic neighbours had pulled the infants from the vehicle and were attempting to cool them in a nearby swimming pool using ice packs. Despite the best efforts of […]
10 years ago
Hot Car Challenge: The social experiment that aims to save young lives
It might seem strange that anyone would need reminding about the dangers of leaving children alone in cars, but as statistics in the US sadly show, it is necessary. One of the most effective reminders we have probably seen recently is a social experiment called Hot Car Challenge, conducted by Kars4Kids. The nonprofit organisation, which […]
12 years ago