Babies, children keep dying in hot cars. What to know

So far in 2025, 27 babies and children have died in hot cars.

Children are extremely susceptible to death if left in a vehicle.

Almost half of the children who died this year were unknowingly left in a vehicle.

Twenty-seven babies and children.

The number could reflect a classroom full of future scientists, astronauts, bankers, police officers, teachers or builders.

Instead, it's the number of those who have no future.

That's how many of our youth have died so far this year after dying in a hot car.

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Some were unintentionally left in the vehicle. Others managed to get into a vehicle without an adult being aware. Some were intentionally left in a vehicle.

One 18-month-old boy