A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car as triple-digit temperatures hit Arizona.

A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car in Arizona, where residents are enduring triple-digit temperatures, according to authorities.

The father was running errands with his daughter, and when he returned home Tuesday afternoon, he allegedly knowingly left the 2-year-old in the car, Marana Police Capt. Tim Brunenkant told ABC News.

He left the car running and the air conditioning on, Brunenkant said.

The dad went into the house, and when he returned to the car between 30 and 60 minutes later, the car was off, Brunenkant said.

  • voracitude@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    But the computer in the car might not be okay in that kind of heat, or even the battery depending on the type. I’ll be honest, didn’t read the article so I don’t know what kind of car or even if the article says why it turned off.

    Either way it’s rough. These kinds of stories always make me think just how easily something like this can happen. Again, didn’t read the article, and I don’t have kids so no firsthand experience, but I hear how tired you are all the time for the first few years as a parent. Imagine running errands, you pop inside to grab something and sit for just a second to catch your breath. Next thing you know you snap awake and it’s half an hour later, you run out to the car to grab the kid and… 😞

    • ccunning@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Any number of things can go wrong in any number of situations, but you can’t effectively live life accounting for all of them to possibly happen all the time.

      Not saying it was the best decision but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think the car would keep the AC on.

      It’s definitely a tragedy. The article is too light on information to convict was all I was saying.

      • n2burns@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        They knowingly left their 2 year old alone for 30-60 minutes. That’s already illegal.

          • n2burns@lemmy.ca
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            2 months ago

            I’m not saying that. However, it’s highly recommended that toddlers have baby monitors with them while they sleep. So even if the parents were sleeping, their child’s distress should wake them up. This child was unattended, unobserved, etc.