Coase Lake, Arizona (KPHO/Gray News) – A 6-month-old boy died after being left alone in a car in Arizona on Tuesday night.
Details about the infant’s death are limited, but Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies said they received a report that the infant was left in a vehicle and may have died after 9 p.m.
The car was located in Cordes Lake, about 110 miles north of Phoenix.
Police and paramedics arrived to confirm the death, but the department called it a “tragedy.”
No other information regarding the baby’s death has been released.
KPHO contacted the sheriff’s office for more information, but authorities did not confirm the infant’s death as a “death in a hot vehicle.”
“I just feel sad for the families who have to go through the loss of a child in this way,” said nonprofit advocate Angela Jones. child and car safety.
She said she could empathize with the pain the family must be feeling after losing their 3-year-old daughter Charlotte in September 2019.
Jones explained that her husband had gone about other routines and had forgotten that Charlotte was in the back seat of the car when he returned home.
She said she didn’t realize her daughter was still in the car about four hours later.
“This is a danger to loving parents across the country,” Jones said.
Jones has been sharing her daughter’s story in hopes of raising awareness.
The nonprofit is working on legislation that would require vehicles to be built with sensors that would alert drivers if a child or pet is left in the car, she said.
Until this law is passed, he recommends parents and guardians practice these tips to remind them when their children are in the backseat.
She said it helps to leave things like your shoes, wallet and cell phone in the back seat. It also advises to leave stuffed animals and children’s toys in the front seat.
Jones explained that children often manage to get into their unlocked cars and are unable to leave.
She recommends that parents always lock their cars and keep car keys out of reach of children.
“I hope this trend will lessen and things like this will stop happening because, honestly, it’s so tragic and sad that we have to lose our beautiful children to preventable events. Because it’s a thing,” she said.
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