The woman could not get out of the hot car on her own or with the help of the two young children, eventually dying from the heat.
The woman, Megan Oxley, was paralyzed from the waist down, and had been driving from Kennett, Missouri with her young niece and nephew when the car ran out of gas.
Stock image of a thermometer in front of cars and traffic during heatwave. A woman has died in a hot car after the vehicle ran out of gas.Oxley's sister, Amber Jones, contacted the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department after not hearing from Oxley or her kids for several hours. Oxley's niece and nephew got out of the car and tried to help Oxley climb out, but due to her paralysis and their young age, she was unable to exit the vehicle.
It's especially deadly inside cars, which can see temperatures soar rapidly. The inside of a vehicle parked in 70 F weather can reach 100 F in just 20 minutes, and climb to 140 F in less than an hourThe body can become dehydrated and enter heat exhaustion, which leads to excessive sweating, headaches, and increased heart rate
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