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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.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (25 children)

Why was the car off when he returned if he left it running with the AC on?

It’s a tragedy, but if I’m on the jury I’m not sure I would convict him.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Most modern cars have an auto-off feature. Some have a button to temporarily disable it.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Mine is one such car but it only turns itself off while in drive to save gas at stoplights and such. It doesn’t turn itself off when running while in park.

[–] stinkycheese@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're thinking of the auto start-stop feature. That is a different feature which aims to save gas while you press the brake pedal.

What others in the thread are talking about is a feature that will fully power off the vehicle after it has been sitting idle for a longer period of time. This includes turning off the engine and any of the electronics that normally continue to run during the auto start-stop.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Could be but it must have a very long timeout. My wife frequently opts to wait in the car while I go run an errand, but I’ve admittedly never timed it. 30min would definitely be on the high end though. If I ever made her wait 60 I’d probably be divorced.

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