in minutes, strangulation by power windows or other power .
accessories, and being backed over by running motorized vehicles.
VII. In the next few minutes I will go over these dangers in more .
detail.
Body.
I. The most common death or injury related incidents occur from a child .
being left in a vehicle where the temperatures reach deadly levels. .
A. According to PR Newswire journal, from 1996 to the present date, .
close to 200 children have died of heat-related injuries after being .
trapped inside parked cars. .
B. Such an incident occurred to William and Michelle Puckett when .
they found out that their son, Bryan Puckett had died due to .
hyperthermia in a locked vehicle while in the care of a babysitter. .
The babysitter had went shopping for only "a few minutes" and .
left Bryan in the car. She stated that it was only 82 degrees .
outside and he was sleeping, so she did not want to wake him. .
Just a few minutes turned into almost two hours. The .
temperature in the car had risen to deadly levels. Sad to say that .
Bryan Puckett died on July 13th, 1999 because of this careless .
mistake. Now that babysitter is being charged with 2nd degree .
manslaughter. This incident was taken from the kidsandcars.org .
website. .
C. You may think that if you leave the window down in the car, that .
the temperature in the car would not increase drastically, but that .
is not true. .
1. According to an article in the PR Newswire Journal, "when .
the outside temperature is 93 degrees with a window down .
1 inch, the temperature inside a car can reach 125 degrees .
in just 20 minutes and approximately 140 degrees in 40 .
minutes.
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