Approximately 87% of children who die in hot cars are age 3 or younger and the majority (56%) were unknowingly left by an otherwise loving, responsible parent or caregiver.
An 18-month-old girl was found dead in a hot car overnight, after her parents left her to attend a Fourth of July party. It's the tenth child to die after being left in a hot car in the country and the fifth child to die in Florida so far this year, according to Kids and Car Safety.
An 8-month-old girl is dead after her father left her in a vehicle for about an hour in Jacksonville. Temperatures inside the car likely reached 120 degrees.