June 17 - Kids and Pets in Hot Cars

Santa Fe is enjoying a relatively mild summer, but that doesn't mean it's any safer to leave children or pets unattended in parked cars. As a matter of fact, it can lull caretakers into a false sense of safety, putting vulnerable children and pets in even greater danger of hyperthermia. KSFR's Kate Powell talked to John McPhee, coordinator of the Childhood Injury Unit of the state Department of Health, about this danger, and other risks drivers may not think about when they step out of their cars in the summer.