Boy and family pet die in hot car
It’s a sad and gripping story, but unfortunately we can’t stay ignorant. A 3-year-old boy from the USA and the family dog died a few days ago after succumbing to the heat in a car on the hottest day of the year so far. His mother had fallen asleep while watching her son, the grandmother told a 911 operator.
The sheriff’s investigators said Logan went outside without his mother knowing it, got into the car with the family’s dog and somehow got trapped inside. Investigators say the toddler was missing for between 30 minutes to an hour before his mother found him in the car.
“He knows how to unlock these cars ’cause he’ll sit and play; he’s watched when they hit the button for the locks,” his grandfather said. “He had got out of the house, got in the car. It was so hot in there and it overtook him.”
Unfortunately things like this happen often. A reporter locked herself in a hot car in Cape Town last summer to see what the horror of the situation must feel like, and she described it as being unbearable after she could barely stay conscience after 30 minutes and had to get out of the car with a temperature of about 67 ‘C. When it comes to babies and pets, the scenarios are worse because they can’t control their body temperatures. For more information on this topic, read our article about why you should never leave your kids in the car.
(Source: USA Today)