Seventeen children have died so far in 2025 after being left inside hot cars, including a 3-year-old boy from Alabama and an infant from Nebraska in July, according to the national advocacy group Kids and Car Safety .

What You Need To Know • Seventeen children have died so far in 2025 after being left inside hot cars, including a 3-year-old boy from Alabama and an infant from Nebraska in July, according to the national advocacy group Kids and Car Safety • Amber Rollins, director of Kids and Car Safety, said 40 children die each year on average in hot cars in the United States • Most cars made in the last few years have something called an end-of-trip reminder, a message on the dashboard telling drivers to check the back seat • Toyota has a radar system that scans the cabin to dete

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