The Daily Populous Friday July 19th, 2024 night edition
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At least 11 children have died in hot cars across the U.S. so far this year.

A dad has been arrested after his 8-week-old daughter died when she was left in a hot car in New Jersey, authorities said.

At about 1:45 p.m. Monday, authorities in Lakewood Township responded to a report of a baby in cardiac arrest, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said. The 8-week-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

The baby was left alone in her dad's car "for an extended period of time," which was determined to be the cause and manner of her death, prosecutors said in a statement Tuesday.

The heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity -- soared to 107 degrees in Lakewood Township on Monday.

The baby's father, 28-year-old Avraham Chaitovsky, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, prosecutors said.

The investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible, prosecutors said.

At least 11 children have died in hot cars across the U.S. so far this year, according to national nonprofit KidsAndCars.org.

Since 1990, at least 1,095 children have died in hot cars -- and about 88% of those kids were 3 years old or younger, according to KidsAndCars.org.

Click here for hot car safety tips to keep in mind this summer.

kehlarc on July 18th, 2024 at 17:08 UTC »

I don't know which is worse, the pair of boating parents or the dad in Arizona who left his 2-yr in his car on purpose because she was sleeping, left the AC running, which he knew would shut off automatically after half an hour, then got distracted for THREE god damn hours playing video game while his child roasted. It was over 100F.

Edit to add link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-dad-2-year-old-died-hot-car-distracted-video-game-often-left-k-rcna162500

EdgarBopp on July 18th, 2024 at 16:39 UTC »

If I accidentally did this I would kill my self. Not trying to be dramatic. This is a fear of mine, when my kiddo was younger I’d have nightmares about it.

arentyouangel on July 18th, 2024 at 15:33 UTC »

yet the family that took their baby boating is still free