New studies have been released in the last few years that show how even the most responsible parent can forget a child in the car. reports 44 percent of vehicular heatstroke deaths happen when parents mistakenly believe they dropped their child off at daycare or preschool, and most occur at the end of the workweek on Thursdays and Fridays. Similar to the incident in NYC this weekend, more than half of all hot car deaths occur when parents forget to take their child out of the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N.H.T.S.A.) identifies three significant risk factors that lead to hot car deaths in the United States. Reasons Why Children Are Left In Hot Cars With the passing of National Heatstroke Prevention Day on July 31, itвЂ™s more important than ever for parents to stay informed of the risks and to know the tools available to prevent future tragedies. New York City parents cannot take these instances lightly, or attribute the deaths of these children to strict negligence or cruelty. Shockingly, three of these fatalities happened in the last six months. So far, 30 children have died this year of the same preventable death, and the numbers continue to climb.Д®leven of the hot car deaths recorded since 1998 have occurred in New York State. The United States saw a record high of 52 hot car deaths in 2018, the highest total in 20 years. Since 1998, reports over 818 children have died from vehicular heatstroke nationwide. The father of the twins is facing multiple criminal charges in the aftermath of this terrible accident, but he is far from being the only parent to make this fatal error.

When the children were found eight-hours later, first responders concluded they died of heatstroke from the scorching temperatures inside of the car.Д®ven though temperatures outside had not gone above the mid-80вЂ™s, officials reported the twins had body temperatures of 108 degrees. According to The New York Times, the twins were forgotten in their fatherвЂ™s vehicle on Friday morning after he mistakenly thought he had dropped them off at daycare. NYC Twins Die In Hot Car: This Is Why It Keeps HappeningДЄ family in the Bronx experienced a horrific tragedy this weekend when their one-year-old twins died after being left in a hot car.

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