SUQUAMISH, Wash. -- Suquamish police have a message for the community: Do not leave pets or kids in hot cars ... or they'll break your windows.
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Hot-car deaths are a problem across the United States, especially in the hotter months.
According to the safety organization Kids and Cars, an average of 37 children die each year in hot cars. These include instances where a child has been forgotten in a car, accidentally locks themselves in a car or trunk, or, in a small number of cases, when a child has been intentionally left in a car.
NoHeatStroke.org, a data site run by a meteorology and litigation expert, has been collecting data on these incidents since 1998. Since that time, the highest number of deaths per year was in 2010, with 49 deaths. 2015 had the lowest rate of incidents, with 24.
In June, four Arkansas women were charged with manslaughter in the death of a 5-year-old boy who died after he was left inside a day care van all day, police said.
In May, two young children were found dead in Parker County, Texas.
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