Los Angeles Toddler Dies After Getting Trapped in Hot Car

By Sean Breslin Published: July 31,2014, 8:23AM,EDT weather.com

For the 19th time this year, a young child has died after getting trapped in a hot car, police say.
A 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Police said the boy was playing in the yard of his family's home when he climbed into a car and couldn't get out.
The boy's parents and 14-year-old brother were napping inside the house at around noon when the boy wandered outside, according to NBC Los Angeles. Some three hours later, the father went outside and found his son going into cardiac arrest; He immediately called 911, NBC Los Angeles reported.
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The child was rushed to the hospital and was initially listed in grave condition, but he was later pronounced dead. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the boy got locked inside the baking car.
No arrests have been made in what officers are calling a tragic accident, ABC7.com reports.
The high temperature Wednesday in Sylmar was 95 degrees, and temperatures are expected to rise into the 90s each of the next few days. In temperatures that high, cars can heat up to dangerous levels in a matter of minutes, endangering the life of any child or pet trapped inside the vehicle.
This was the third hot-car death in California this year, which ties the state with Texas and Georgia for most in the nation.
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