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[Ruellit]

Child in hot auto dies

Mercury was near 99 when toddler found by relative

By Hal Lockard
The Capital-Journal

A toddler who was left unattended in a vehicle in the 2100 block of S.E. Jefferson amid searing temperatures Wednesday afternoon later died at a local hospital, police said.

Topeka police spokeswoman Kristi Pankratz said a 23-month-old boy was found unresponsive in a vehicle parked in front of 2122 S.E. Jefferson at about 3:58 p.m. According to the National Weather Service, Topeka's temperature at 3:30 p.m. was 99 degrees.

Police Lt. Dean McWilliams said a relative found the child in the vehicle and took him inside the home, then called 911. Police arrived first, McWilliams said, followed by firefighters from Station No. 5 and American Medical Response ambulance.

McWilliams said the child was responsive when police arrived and efforts to revive him were under way when emergency medical technicians arrived. The child was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, where he later died.

Eric Vasquez, of 2147 S.E. Jefferson, said he was relaxing on his sofa when a passing fire engine interrupted his rest. He said he peeked out the door into the cul de sac "and saw firefighters run out of the house with the kid."

Other neighbors later returned home to find a police car parked in the center of the circle drive and crime scene tape stretched around 2122 S.E. Jefferson.

McWilliams said it was police procedure to treat any unattended death as a crime scene until detectives had completed their investigation.

He advised Topekans to be aware of how quickly it gets hot in a vehicle and never leave an unattended child in one.

Pankratz said police were continuing to investigate how long the child was left in the vehicle. The child's name isn't being released pending notification of additional family members, she said.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday reported that six Kansans had died from heat-related causes between July 16 and 20.

Those deaths involved men aged 65, 89, 46, 79 and 56, and a 67-year-old woman. The deaths occurred in the northeast, southeast, north-central and south-central regions of the state.

Dr. Howard Rodenberg, director of the KDHE Division of Health, said people could protect themselves from high temperatures by drinking plenty of water, taking breaks from the heat and wearing light-colored, loose clothing.

http://ggweather.com/heat/18_2006.htm


There are several other pages of heat related deaths if you just do a Google search for them. Heres the link.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Topeka+heat+deaths&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N

[jw723]

Appears to me that they are just showing that there is a need for ATWEC's products.

[was pennytrader]

Mat...STATISTICS

Total number of U.S. hyperthermia deaths of children left in cars, 2006: 24
Total number of U.S. hyperthermia deaths of children left in cars, 1998-2006: 315
Average number of U.S. child hyperthermia fatalities since 1998: 36

Results: A total of 171 fatalities that met the case criteria were identified. Twenty seven percent (46) were children who gained access to unlocked vehicles and 73% (125) were children who were left by adults. More than a quarter of the adults were aware they were leaving children in the vehicles, while half were unaware or forgot. Forty three percent (54) of deaths to children who were left were associated with childcare: 32 children were left by family members who intended to take them to childcare but forgot and went to work instead; 22 children were left by child care providers or drivers.


Thanks for your display of ignorance.

[was pennytrader]

It is one thing to knock ATWT, but your insensitive, disgusting, & hateful attitute towards children is truley despicable.

[was pennytrader]

Let's get technical...

what is the difference between a daycare bus and a school bus? Daycare busses hold less people? That is about it. Many daycares and head start programs use yellow buses.

[JPGetty]

But that's the whole point.

Sooner or later, a child left on a bus WILL die.

Kiddie Systems will see that that never happens.

[MFridge]

Sorry to be so late catching up SFB but you might want to read about Tyrelle Jones.

I do believe that a daycare van counts.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:G9K8REQxOroJ:www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2003....