SLUG: HOT CAR DEATH

REPORTER: ALEXANDRA RIDLEY

SCRIPT
TRT: 1:33

Anchor
(OC)








---ROLL PKG---
(Courtroom footage)










---TAKE VO---
(:18-:29) Blaire Crum/social work grad)








---TAKE VO---
(:30-:49) Jessica Hassett/PR Undergrad)







Anchor
Left for hours in a car that can 20
degrees in 10 minutes, this is a
circumstance that many children have
suffered when being left in the car by
their caregiver.

Heres Alexandra Ridley with the story.


---TAKE PKG---
Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia father
whose 1-year-old son died after Harris
forgot him in the car, was indicted by
grand jury on multiple murder charges
for the death of his son.

We go to Howard Universitys campus to
ask students what couldve been done in
this case and how do they feel.


---TAKE VO---
I personally have a hard time seeing how
that was an accident. I can see how it
could happen but I dont see how it was
an accident. I can see how it was done
intentionally.




---TAKE VO---
This is like your bundle of joy. This is
person who youre supposed to be
responsible for and saying that you left
your kid in the car its just not, to me, a
good excuse for their death and you
should be held responsible regardless, if
it was an accident or not.

---STAND UP---
(:50-1:20)







---TAKE VO---
(Prof. Robin Harris)








OUT CUE



(ANCHOR OC TAG)









Ive decided to take my story to the car
to see how hot it can actually get in the
matter of seconds. A car can reach 110
degrees when temperatures are only in
the 60s. In fact, a heat stroke can take
place when the outside temperature is as
low as 57 degrees. (Personal
experience)
---TAKE VO---
Prof. Robin Harris Robin Harris
remembers a time where she has
forgotten her child in the car and
believes sometimes parents simply
forget.

This is Alexandra Ridley reporting from
News Vision in Washington, D.C.

(ANCHOR)
At the 2002 New York Auto Show,
General Motors previous Vice Chairman
Harry Pearce unveiled a system that, he
said, would be able to detect the
heartbeat of a child left in a car and then
measure the vehicles temperature. If it
was becoming dangerously hot, it would
sound the horn to alert a parent or
passersby.
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