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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A 9-month-old child has died after being left in a car by the child’s grandmother for nearly eight hours in what authorities are investigating as a heat-related death.

The incident occurred in Beeville, Texas, some 100 miles southeast of San Antonio, on Wednesday when the Beeville Police Department said a child was found unresponsive at approximately 4 p.m. in the child safety seat of their grandmother’s car, according to a statement from the Beeville Police Department.

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[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

Yeah, my 2023 beeps and says "check back seat" when you turn off the car if you've opened the back door before you started the car.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

My parents Volvo has a similar feature. I don't know if it's related to the doors or if there are pressure sensors in the back seat.

The downside is that goddamn thing is so over engineered that it gives dings and warnings for everything so after a short time they become white noise

[-] seang96@spgrn.com 4 points 4 months ago

After that in my 2023 car it will also beep even more when you shut the door after exiting the drivers seat. It does it after I turn it back on after dropping the child off at day care when I am leaving it at work so it tracks it for 2 parks essentially.

[-] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Mine has a weight sensor, that reminds me about back seat passengers, which a strapped in car seat would definitely trigger, considering I had to turn it off because my >30lb dog kept triggering it.

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