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Saturday, June 24, 2006

What Will They Think Of Next?

What a great headline! Yes, it's that time of year again, when parents "forget" that their kids are in the hot car, and when others make excuses for their deaths. There ARE no excuses for this.


CHILDREN'S DEATHS IN HOT CARS PREVENTABLE
6/24/2006, 5:49 a.m. CT
By MURRAY EVANS
The Associated Press

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/24/ap/health/mainD8IEF3A00.shtml

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's a scenario that's tragically repeated dozens of times a year: a parent places a toddler in the back seat of a vehicle and later becomes distracted, leaving the child inside to swelter on a hot day.

Authorities in Payne County in north-central Oklahoma say that's what happened Sunday, when temperatures soared into the 90s and the father of 21-month-old Banyan Blaze Roberts forgot to take the sleeping boy out of a vehicle after returning from a family outing.

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