(BROWNSBURG) – Tragically, a 21-month-old girl was found dead inside a hot car in Brownsburg on Sunday. Her family returned home from church and everyone believed someone else had gotten the toddler out of the car and laid her down for a nap. The parents and four siblings laid down for a nap and discovered the girl still in the car upon waking. 

This is the 2nd child to die in a hot car in Indiana this year and the 36th nationwide. On July 9th, 3-year-old Oliver Dill died in a hot car in Evansville, IN.  

Indiana ranks #20 in the nation based on the number of child hot car deaths with 15 fatalities since 1997. Last year was the worst year in history for child hot car deaths with a total of 53 children that died nationwide. 

The Hot Cars Act is a federal bill would require technology in all vehicles to help prevent these unthinkable fatalities. KidsAndCars.org is working hard to make sure it is passed quickly. 

While education and awareness about hot car deaths is at an all-time high, so is the number of children that continue to die in hot cars. The technology exists to prevent these unthinkable tragedies. What are we waiting for?

Hot car deaths continue to take place because nobody believes this could happen to them. Please help us raise awareness about these predictable and preventable tragedies.

2019 CHILD HOT CAR DEATHS

#	Date	City	State	Name	Age	Sex
36	8/25/2019	Brownsburg	IN	Girl	21 mos	F
35	8/16/2019	Booneville	MS	Lincoln Knox Dodds	21 mos	M
34	8/16/2019	Lindenwold	NJ	Millani Robertson-Lawrence	2 yrs	F
33	8/11/2019	Lawrence	KS	DéVonté Lashawn Turner	2 yrs	M
32	8/9/2019	Knoxville	TN	Boy	6 mos	M
31	8/7/2019	Columbus	NE	Boy	1 yr	M
30	8/6/2019	Moultrie	GA	Damian Elias Leyva	21 mos	M
29	8/5/2019	San Diego	CA	Scarlett Grace Harris	2 yrs	F
28	8/5/2019	Ruffin	SC	Cristina Pangalangan	13 yrs	F
27	8/1/2019	Corbin	KY	Aubrey Rose	2 yrs	F
26	8/1/2019	Garland	TX	Victoria Tran	9 mos	F
25	7/31/2019	UNK	UNK	Infant	UNK	UNK
24	7/29/2019	Oakland Park	FL	Noah Sneed	2 yrs	M
23	7/26/2019	Kingsbridge	NY	Phoenix Rodriguez	1 yr	M
22	7/26/2019	Kingsbridge	NY	Luna Rodriguez	1 yr	F
21	7/16/2019	Richmond	VA	Lucinda Kaye Diaz	10 mos	F
20	7/11/2019	Smyrna	TN	Daylin Palmer	3 yrs	M
19	7/9/2019	Evansville	IN	Oliver Dill	3 yrs	M
18	7/2/2019	Denton	TX	Sarbesh Gurung	2 yrs	M
17	6/30/2019	Sioux City	IA	Girl	16 mos	F
16	6/28/2019	Morristown	TN	Boy	3 yrs	M
15	6/26/2019	Dothan	AL	Castiel King	2 yrs	M
14	6/22/2019	Galveston	TX	Ryan Peña	18 mos	M
13	6/21/2019	Bardwell	TX	Mia Villegas	11 mos	F
12	6/20/2019	Providence Village	TX	Kaysen Neyland	4 yrs	M
11	6/8/2019	Rose Hill	KS	Girl	3 mos	F
10	6/2/2019	Calverton Park	MO	Joseline Marie Eichelberger	11 mos	F
9	5/22/2019	Blythewood	SC	Zion Oyedapo Akinrefon	4 yrs	M
8	5/22/2019	Jacksonville	FL	Brooklyn Isaac	4 mos	F
7	5/11/2019	Lake Havasu	AZ	Malia Mae Martin	Infant	F
6	5/6/2019	Lakewood	NJ	Chaya Shurkin	20 mos	F
5	5/4/2019	St. Paul	MN	Riley Taylor	4 yrs	M
4	5/2/2019	Winson-Salem	NC	Kaiden Logan	9 mos	M
3	4/22/2019	Glendale	AZ	Girl	18 mos	F
2	4/10/2019	Perdido Key	FL	Joy Monell-Merritt	2 yrs	F
1	4/4/2019	Melbourne	FL	Richard Wighard	14 mos	M