Illinois officials are pushing a bill that would require new technology aimed at preventing hot car deaths. Kate Chappell reports. For more information, The National Safety Council offers a free online course about the danger of vehicular heatstroke in children <a href=”https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/child-passenger-safety/kids-hot-cars”>here</a>.
Authorities say a man left his two sons in a hot pickup truck for more than two hours while he went into Lake Forest Hospital on Monday.
Hospital security said they immediately called 911 around noon Monday when they heard 8- and 9-year-old boys honking for help.
Fortunately, the boys survived but that's not the case for countless other similar incidents.
Earlier Monday in Oakland Park, Florida, a 2-year-old died after being left inside a van at a day care--experts say that's the 24th child to die in a hot car this year.
"Leave a reminder in the back seat, something that you dont get through the day without looking at.... your phone, your wallet, your purse," advised Dr. Michelle Macy of Lurie Children's Hospital
A father in New York is also facing charges for the deaths of his one-year-old twins.
Juan Rodriguez, 39, sobbed in court this past weekend, saying he forgot his children in the car when he went to work. The twins' mother called it a "horrific accident" and defended her husband saying he’s a great father who’ll never forgive himself.
DCFS responded to the recently reported incident in Lake Forest, and the father, 32-year-old Brandon Wilson, faces charges of child endangerment.
