Toddler died when parents forgot they’d left him in roasting 90F car and found him when they woke up at 3pm the next day
TWO parents face manslaughter charges after cops found their toddler, three, dead inside a boiling car when Alabama hit 93F.
Dakota Fowler, 20, and Brandi Burks, 22, went to bed at midnight on Saturday, and discovered him unresponsive in their vehicle 15 hours later, Franklin County police said.
Local media reported that temperatures reached 93F (34C) on August 9.
According to , if it’s 93F (34C) outside, the temperature inside a vehicle builds to nearly 136F (60C) within 60 minutes.
The boys' parents were charged with manslaughter and could face 20 years in prison if found guilty, reports .
Detection technology is needed immediately to curtail this growing problem, the charity says.
The Hot Cars Act passed the full House on July 1, 2020 as part of the Moving Forward Act.
This bill would require available, affordable technology to detect the presence of a child inside a vehicle, says KidsAndCars.
Last year, the auto industry issued a voluntary agreement to add a reminder alert for drivers to check the back seat of vehicles by 2025.
However, the charity says "this type of technology will not address fatalities where children got into vehicles on their own and became trapped inside."