- Tragic incidents in 1995 involving children trapped in hot vehicles highlight the dangers of extreme heat exposure.
As summer heat builds across Georgia, it’s a good time to remember how quickly temperatures can rise inside a parked vehicle.
On this day in 1995, a series of tragic incidents across metro Atlanta brought that danger into sharp focus. The summer of 1995 included several heartbreaking cases involving children and extreme heat inside vehicles.
On June 8, three-year-old twins in College Park died after climbing into their mother’s car and becoming trapped inside. Police said one child was found in the front seat and the other in the back seat after temperatures inside the vehicle soared well above 105 degrees…