This story does not smell right.
Never heard this happening before.
To include the 1960s and 1970s when NO ONE had a/c in the car...
To include ALOT of hot summers.
Ahh those glorious cross country trips with 100+ air hitting you and your 3-4 siblings (sitting on the bench seat with no seat belts) in the face in the back seat.
You better believe this doesn’t smell right.
I’m almost expecting a medical report to issue findings of an underlying fatal condition in the child.
One window rolled down driving at highway speeds should have provided adequate ventilation to the entire car.
If there were no underlying medical condition, then the parents did something criminal to the child.
What people do not realize is that infants cannot self regulate temp like adults.
ERs are full of people with babies with temps because they have the babies bundled up on a hot day.
Tragic situation.
Nor did they have mandatory child seats. Could it be that mom might have been holding her child or at least had the baby up front with them if the seat wasn't mandatory
“To include the 1960s and 1970s”
Cars in those days had more shade from the roof.
Today’s ‘fuel efficient’, streamlined cars have more glass, and less shade. Thus, they are hotter (with no AC).
I cite my ‘53 Chev with a 2003 Dodge PU for example.