GREENSBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — A 4-year-old girl died tragically after being left inside a vehicle in Greensboro last Wednesday, 09/24. This is at least the 30th child to die in a hot car nationwide this year.
This is the 2nd hot car death of a child to occur within the state this year. The first hot car death occurred in Hamlet on June 9th. At least 1,160 children have died in hot cars nationwide since 1990, and at least another 7,500 survived with varying types and severities of injuries, according to data collected by Kids and Car Safety.
Technology exists that can prevent these unthinkable tragedies. A provision was passed in November 2021 as a part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a regulation by November 2023 for technology in all new cars to help prevent hot car deaths…