Girl, 2, dies after being left in a car for nearly 8 hours

Philadelphia Inquirer | 8-13-02 | Barbara Boyer and Thomas J. Gibbons

[Temple Owl]

This is a heart-breaking story. The little girl needs our prayers.

[Maceman]

Endlessly stunned by the horror that exists in the world.

[mystery-ak]

He did this every day.....someone please tell me how you FORGET a child in the back seat???

[Tancred]

all without realizing that Sasha was still in the back

How awful! Could this have been prevented by having the kid in the front seat?

[mewzilla]

Not to be graphic, but shouldn't have this guy been able to smell the child when he got back into his car?

[TamiPie]

How the heck can you forget your child/grandchild in a car? I mean, you remember to turn off the ignition, take the keys, close the door (and lock it), YET forget that a baby is in the car?!

[ThinkingMan]

No matter how many times this happens, I just cannot figure out how someone can forget that there is a child in the back of their car.
I realize that this was probably done without malicous intent, but I still believe that neglect charges or possibly involuntary manslaughter charges are necessary.

[zarf]

One has to shake one's head in disbelief.

[babygene]

It's unfair to judge others by comparing them to yourself or other Freepers.

Half of the people in this country are below average intelligence.

[isthisnickcool]

There is nothing worse than the death of a child. My prayers are with this little one and her family.

I received some bad news early this AM. This has not been my best day in life.

[Lev]

Seems strange nobody has come up with an idea for a simple device that would warn the driver when he/she closes the door while a child is still inside.

[Consort]

Should it be standard procedure for the parent/guardian to call the sitter when the baby will not be taken there; and for the sitter to call when the baby does not arrive and no notification was given?

[Chemist_Geek]

Could this have been prevented by having the kid in the front seat?

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! But, you know, heaven forbid that children be carried in the front seat; they might be decapitated by the government mandated airbags deploying...

[TamiPie]

Yeah, like a voice that, upon the car door closing, blurts out: HEY IDIOT, YOU FORGOT YOUR KID IN THE BACKSEAT. GET YOUR CHILD NOW!!!

[Eye 4 TRUTH]

You would think so, but I don't think we are dealing with a mental giant here. It all boils down to personal responsibility.

My prayers go out to this little girl and her family.

[Dasaji]

Seems strange nobody has come up with an idea for a simple device that would warn the driver when he/she closes the door while a child is still inside


Thay have. It's called a BRAIN.

[TamiPie]

Yeah, but it seems lately that the BRAIN doesn't function properly in some parents.

[mewzilla]

Children are, and always have been, safer when travelling in the back seat of a vehicle. Even before airbags. Idiots who leave their children to die a horrible death in a hot car notwithstanding.

[Poohbah]

Half of the people in this country are below average intelligence.]

And that average is pretty doggone low...

[Maigrey]

How in the world could this occur?
How could grandpa forget to drop off the little one at the sitters, especially if he does such on a daily basis?

From the article, it seems that the little one was not in a child-restraining seat. So, if Mom didn't take the little one, and grandma didn't, where would she go?

What bothers me even more so is that he was in the car in the afternoon, taking it to get worked on, and didn't see the child in the back seat. How could someone not notice?

I forsee some neglect charges being filed against the grandfather in the near future.

-Maigrey-