10/4/2021- 8:27 p.m.
A young girl died after a power window rolled up and crushed her while playing in a parked car outside her family’s home in Phoenix, Arizona.
The girl, whose name and age have not yet been released by police, was seriously injured in the car while her family was throwing a party at their home, near 37th Avenue and Lewis, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead later that evening, police said.
‘It’s terrible. It’s heartbreaking,” Andy Williams, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman said Fox 10 News. “Little kids can get into anything and it only takes a moment for them to get into something they shouldn’t, and it just takes that moment when disaster strikes. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and community now.”
A young girl died after a power window rolled up and crushed her while playing in a parked car outside her family’s home in Phoenix, Arizona
The girl, whose name and age have not yet been released by police, was seriously injured in the car while her family was throwing a party at their home, near 37th Avenue and Lewis, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead later that evening, police said
Police say there are no signs of malicious intent. The Maricopa County medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death.
Janette Fennell, the president of Kids and Cars – a national nonprofit that advocates for safety in healthcare – told the local news outlet The Arizona family that the tragedy is not uncommon.
“People don’t understand the power that these windows go up. It has between 30 and 40 pounds of force and it takes 22 pounds of force to break the trachea,” she said.
She emphasized the importance of keeping children under adult supervision when they are around motor vehicles and said, ‘Maybe what? [parents] they don’t think about the dangers of power windows, maybe they don’t think about children hitting cars in gear or getting caught in the trunk.’
