Texas Health and Human Services

Texas Health Officials Urge Adults Never to Leave Children in Parked Cars

After four hot car deaths in two weeks, the count has already surpassed last year’s total!

July  14, 2025 - The Texas Department of State Health Services is urging vigilance after the state’s fourth case of a child dying in a parked car, all within a two-week period. The deaths in those two weeks have surpassed the three total hot car deaths recorded in all of 2024.

According to the Texas Heatstroke Taskforce, there have been 15 hot car deaths in the United States this year as of July 9.

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