LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Doctors are issuing a warning about hot car dangers as feels-like temperatures hover around the triple-digit mark across Acadiana this week, with Louisiana leading the nation in hot car deaths among children.
The deaths are preventable, according to medical experts.
Climbing temperatures pose a real danger to children left in vehicles. A vehicle acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat inside. On a day when the high temperature reaches 88 degrees, a car interior will reach 107 degrees in as little as 10 minutes and 117 degrees in 20 minutes…