Overview

• In Bakersfield, police charged a 20-year-old mother with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child cruelty after her one-year-old died from heat in a parked car; she pleaded not guilty and is held on $1 million bail.
• San Antonio police are investigating whether a five-year-old boy’s July 9 death was accidental or criminal after his mother told officers she believed she had dropped him off at daycare.
• The National Weather Service warns that cabin temperatures can exceed 42 °C within 10 minutes and reach 54 °C in under an hour when vehicles heat up in direct sun.
• Kids and Car Safety reports that four children died in hot-car incidents in Texas over the past two weeks and that roughly 40 U.S. children perish annually from vehicular heat exposure.
• Safety experts urge caregivers to check back seats, set reminders and store personal items in the rear to avoid forgetting children in cars.