9 mos.

left strapped in child safety seat in a sweltering minivan for two hours - misunderstanding between child's parents resulted in the child being left alone in the van; one parent believed infant was at home with other

8 mos.

left in car - died of hyperthermia

6 mos.

child's parent had just returned from picking up victim and other children from the baby sitter - wasn't until an hour later, when other parent returned home, that they discovered child still inside car

6 mos.

baby died when accidentally left in hot car for 3 hrs, died when outside 90-degree temperatures rose to 130 degrees inside closed car, parents thought the other had carried the baby from the car to crib

34 mos.

toddler who recently learned how to open a car door apparently climbed inside family station wagon while parent and sibling were in house

23 mos.

relative babysitting child, put child in car for trip to store, went back in house having forgotten something, was distracted by something on television, sat on couch to watch, fell asleep, woke up two hours later

21 mos.

parents apparently forgot to remove child from car previous night

79

probable hyperthermia-exposure to heat inside vehicle

53

went outside to smoke accompanied by staff member of residential facility, missed dinner, employees searched van and found victim inside, doors were locked and windows were rolled up

51

exposed to extreme temperatures while in private vehicle - cause of death-hyperthermia, chronic ethanol abuse & emphysema

46

sleeping in closed van while intoxicated

45

hyperthermia - acute ethanol intoxication - happened in parked car

4

hyperthermia - left child in car - place of injury - child care center

4

found unconscious in closed vehicle - temp over 90 degrees

39

Exposure to desert heat in a vehicle without air conditioning - place of injury - automobile on highway

3

day care center workers overlooked a 3-year-old child who died of heat exhaustion after being accidentally locked in a van and left in the 95-degree heat for three hours

3

investigators believe victim could not escape because the car's rear door "child- proof" safety locks were engaged

2

found inside vehicle parked outside residence in 95-degree heat

2

parent left child in car after returning home from errand - was left for more than an hour

2

child apparently slipped away from parents and siblings, fell asleep atop blanket in unlocked car in driveway of home, oldest sibling found child 40 minutes later

2

siblings and parent were cooling off in a backyard pool when victim wandered out to the van, climbed in through an open door and got  stuck when the door slid shut

2

found inside the car in extremely hot temperatures - place of injury – driveway