Sad and heartbreaking

[Bassman]

http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/133214.html


Baby boy dies after being left in car
Was left in seat for more than 8 hours
By T.J. Pignataro NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/03/07 7:03 AM




A 5-month-old boy died after his mother forgot he was in a car seat and went to work Thursday, leaving him inside her car in the sweltering heat for more than eight hours, Arcade Police said.

Lynn A. Brol, 32, of Franklinville was on her way to work at Pioneer Credit Recovery, an Arcade collection agency, about 8 a.m. and forgot to drop off her son, Brayden, at his day care facility just a quarter-mile away from her workplace, Arcade Police Chief John Laird said.

“She came out [of work] at 5 p.m. and was obviously hysterical — he was dead,” Laird said. “It’s amazing, I don’t know how you do that.”

Laird said Brol told police the baby was asleep in a rear car seat and didn’t make any noise.

Brol said she forgot he was in the car, Laird said.

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[green lantern]

:( :crying: rip little guy

[Sgt Schultz]

Yes it is sad and heartbreaking. It doesn't sound like it was intentional. I can't imagine the guilt and pain that woman must be going through.

[Bassman]

According to the Wyoming Co. DA, no charges will be filed at this time, pending the completion of the investigation. As a father of a child not that far off, I can definately sympathize with the family. BTW, this makes the 19th heat related fatality in the US regarding children left in cars.

[serenity]

It's awful. I feel for the poor family.

[Crosscheck]

We had one infant die in our area here this summer when the young grandmother forgot he was in the car and went inside her house and took a nap. It wasn't until 4 or 6 hours that somebody noticed him and contacted police who busted the window to get him but he was already dead.

Not excusing it but maybe it is because the law has the child seat in the back seat facing backwards so the child is not easily seen by the driver?
I can't think of anything more tragic than a young helpless infant suffering in a car with rising temperature.

Perhaps auto manufacturers might develop a seat sensor for child seats that beep when the key is turned off.

[Camera I]

Perhaps auto manufacturers might develop a seat sensor for child seats that beep when the key is turned off.

They already do.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/left.to.die.ap/index.html

[Mirror Lake 444]

I can't imagine any responsible person or a person with half a brain "forgetting" they left a child in the car when they went to work. :rolleyes:

[Sgt Schultz]

I can't imagine any responsible person or a person with half a brain "forgetting" they left a child in the car when they went to work. :rolleyes:

Good parents can make mistakes. I'm sure many here have unintentionally left their children alone longer than they have meant to a few times because they got distracted. We just had a recent case here where a young child was killed when his father backed up the truck they were using to move. The father thought the child was with the mother, the mother thought the child was in the truck with father and everyone else thought the child was with someone else. Now the young Staff Sergeant and his family have to deal with that the rest of their lives.