WITH TEMPERATURES IN NEW MEXICO CLIMBING INTO THE 90S AND 100S … THE RISK OF LEAVING A CHILD OR PET IN A HOT CAR IS ALSO RISING. TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS IT'S A NATIONAL TREND.
SPOKESPERSON SARAH SCHIMMER TELLS US 606 KIDS DIED OF HEAT STROKE IN THE U-S FROM FROM BEING LEFT IN A HOT CAR FROM 1998 TO 2013. SHE SAYS THEY RANGED FROM FIVE DAYS OLD TO 14 YEARS OLD … AND MORE THAN HALF THE DEATHS INVOLVED CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO.
SCHIMMER SAYS 52 PERCENT OF THOSE KIDS WERE SIMPLY FORGOTTEN BY THEIR CARE GIVER … AND 29 PERCENT SUFFERED HEAT STROKE WHILE PLAYING IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE. 18 PERCENT WERE INTENTIONALLY LEFT IN THE VEHICLE BY AN ADULT.
