--- description: The father of the 22-month-old meant to take him to day care, but went straight to work instead title: Georgia Father Leaves Toddler in Car All Day, Toddler Dies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [States](/tag/states/) ## States Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Georgia Toddler Dies in Hot Car by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 10:43 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 10:43 PM CUT An Atlanta-area toddler died Wednesday after being left in a car for hours, the Atlanta _Journal-Constitution_ [reports](http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/child-believed-left-in-car-in-cobb-has-died/ngNdR/ "undefined"). The death comes amid a statewide campaign led by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to prevent child deaths in hot cars over the blazing summers. The body was found Wednesday afternoon after the child’s father realized the 22-month-old had been strapped in a car seat all day. The dad was supposed to take the child to day care on Wednesday morning, but went directly to work instead. The high in Cobb County, the suburb where the child died, was [100 degrees](https://www.google.com/search?q=Georgia+weather+Cobb+County&oq=Georgia+weather+Cobb+County&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62.5670j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 "undefined"). The father stopped at a shopping-center parking lot to seek help, but the child did not survive. Authorities are reportedly questioning the father. In late May, Deal launched the “[Look Again](http://www.11alive.com/story/news/education/2014/05/27/hot-cars-look-again-campaign/9624555/ "undefined")” campaign, a partnership with early-education officials to warn adults that in “minutes the inside of your car can become a death trap for a child.” \[[_Atlanta Journal-Constitution_](http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/child-believed-left-in-car-in-cobb-has-died/ngNdR/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2897362/georgia-toddler-dies-in-hot-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2897362/georgia-toddler-dies-in-hot-car/"},"headline":"Georgia Toddler Dies in Hot Car","datePublished":"2014-06-18T22:43:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:30:00.226Z","description":"The father of the 22-month-old was supposed to take him to day care on Wednesday, but went straight to work instead, leaving the child strapped in the hot car","url":"https://time.com/2897362/georgia-toddler-dies-in-hot-car/","keywords":["States","weather","Crime","Death","georgia","Summer","heat"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2897362/georgia-toddler-dies-in-hot-car/","name":"Georgia Toddler Dies in Hot Car"}}]}] ```