A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car in Arizona, where residents are enduring triple-digit temperatures, according to authorities.
The father was running errands with his daughter, and when he returned home Tuesday afternoon, he allegedly knowingly left the 2-year-old in the car, Marana Police Capt. Tim Brunenkant told ABC News.
He left the car running and the air conditioning on, Brunenkant said.
The dad went into the house, and when he returned to the car between 30 and 60 minutes later, the car was off, Brunenkant said.
I blast my AC full blast and roll down all the windows just to pump gas in heat.
You shouldn’t have the car running while pumping gas.
Did I mention I light up a cigarette, pull out my phone, then almost at the end I hold a water bottle and try to see if I can shoot… I turn my car off.
This is sort of a southerner thing. Up north, many gas stations actually ask you to keep your engine running while you pump. Because when it’s -20 degrees outside, turning your engine off is just asking to get stranded. And if you get stranded at a gas station overnight, (like when the lobby has closed but the pumps are still active for card transactions,) there’s a good chance you’ll be dead in the parking lot by the time the morning crew shows up to open.
Apparently southerners think “up north” is identical to Nome, Alaska 365 days a year.
Nah, my family’s just from Wisconsin.
I have never seen this in new England. Where is that common?
Do you mean diesel? Literally never heard of this for regular cars