Three-month-old baby dies in boiling car, the 29th in US this year
Law enforcement across the country is urging drivers to double-check their back seats for children
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Your support makes all the difference.A three-month-old toddler in Indiana is the latest child to die after being trapped in a hot car.
Aaron Turner has spoken out about what happened to his son, telling local news outlets that, by sharing the tragic story, he hopes "another child's life will not be lost."
According to Mr Turner, the baby's mother forgot to drop the child off at a daycare centre, instead leaving him in the back-seat of her car and parking outside of Express Care, where she spent a full day at work.
By the time she reportedly returned to the car at 4.30pm, the child was unresponsive. His mother pulled him out of an infant car seat and brought him inside the care centre, attempting to rescue him by performing CPR.
The child, Aiden Miller, was pronounced dead shortly after at the Baptist Floyd Hospital.
"I don't understand how this could happen," Mr Turner told WLKY. "My heart is broken."
The New Albany police department, which did not immediately respond to enquiries, has launched an investigation into the child’s death. Charges have not yet been filed.
The toddler’s death marks the 29th person in the US to die inside of a locked car in 2018 — an unfortunate trend that typically occurs during the hot summer months.
Nationwide, law enforcement has repeatedly encouraged drivers to check their back-seats for children and loved ones who may have been forgotten.
Just last week, a three-year-old was discovered by his father inside of a daycare centre bus after being left behind from a field trip hours earlier. Authorities recorded temperature levels inside the bus at 45C.
"It's just tragic," Constable Alan Rosen said in a statement sent to The Independent. "Do something that always reminds you that you have a loving package in the back seat of that car."
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