A six-month-old kid passed away after being left throughout the day in a hot sport utility auto in a San Antonio-area Walmart parking area, authorities stated.
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His father, who works at the store, had forgotten to take the baby to day care that morning before work, police said.
When police arrived on scene, they found the baby’s father pounding on the side of the vehicle, trying to get inside. He was then transported to a hospital for chest pains.
No charges have been filed.
Temperatures in the area hovered around 100 degrees much of the afternoon. Helotes police had initially said the infant was 7 months old.
This year, on August 4, twin 15-month-old girls died after being found in the back seat of a hot SUV parked in front of a duplex auto Carrollton in northwestern Georgia.
The baby was supposed to be taken to day care, but the employee told police he forgot.
The toll started sharply rising in the 1990s as more laws were passed that required young children be put in the back seat to avoid air-bag injuries.
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A boost in airbag associated deaths of children in front seats triggered parents to buckle their children in rear seats, however while airbag-related fatalities began to reduce by 2000, the children dying of heat stroke increased because of children in back seats being less visible to caretakers, as per researchers at San Jose State University. That’s up from last year’s total of 15. The temperature inside the vehicle was estimated to be well over 140 degrees. Other strategies include keeping a stuffed animal in the auto seat and placing it in the front seat when the child is strapped in as a reminder that the child is there.
