# Texas toddler dies after mom leaves her in a hot car for 45 minutes

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**Created:** [June 18, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728 "2010-06-18T23:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728/6 "2010-06-19T00:36:15Z")

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[This article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701549.html) (which won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize, incidentally) is a very good look at this topic, although extremely difficult to read. (At least, it was for me.)

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