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KSP warns of danger as summer heats up KSP Sgt. Michael Webb says while a person will face criminal charges for leaving a child in a car, the pain and guilt from making such a mistake will last far longer. By Sherry Bray, Kentucky State Police FRANKFORT, KY - As the Kentucky summer is heating up, so is your car and KSP reminds parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car. It may seem like common sense, but every year law enforcement agencies answer calls about unattended children in vehicles. KidsandCars.org reports that 32 children died in the U.S. during 2014 from vehicular heat stroke. KSP spokesman Sgt. Michael Webb says vehicle heat stroke is often misunderstood by the general public. A majority of parents are misinformed and would like to believe that they could never 'forget' their child in a vehicle. "The most dangerous mistake a parent can make is to think leaving a child alone in their car could never happen to them," says Webb. "In these fast-paced times, it is easy for parents to get distracted and forget their child is in the car with them." Webb advised that the interior of a car heats up very quickly and temperatures inside can reach 125 degrees in minutes. "A child's body heats up three to five times faster than that of an adult," adds Webb. "The temperature inside a car can rise 19 degrees in 10 minutes. Together, this can be deadly in a very short period of time." Webb says that some deaths are caused from curious children who are left unattended by a parent. "Tragically, about 33 percent of children who die in hot cars entered the vehicle on their own while left unattended," he says. In 2000, Kentucky passed "Bryan's Law," which makes a person liable for second-degree manslaughter or first-degree wanton endangerment for leaving a child younger than eight years of age in a motor vehicle where circumstances pose a grave risk of death. The law was named after 11-month old Bryan Puckett, who died July 13, 1999 after being left in a hot car by his babysitter. Webb offers the following safety tips:
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