{"id":391227,"date":"2026-09-05T09:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391227\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:20:25","slug":"florida-mother-pushing-for-regulation-after-losing-daughter-in-hot-car-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391227\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida mother pushing for regulation after losing daughter in hot car death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; It doesn\u2019t take long, even if your car is in the sun, the shade or even if your window is cracked for the temperature inside to reach dangerous levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hot car deaths keep happening in Florida and that\u2019s led a mother, who lost her daughter in one of those deaths, to push for real change to mandate cars tell you when someone is in the back seat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Aryia Paige would have turned four on Friday, Aug. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen I got there or when she opened the door, she just ran to the SUV on the side that I put Aryia in that morning, and I seen Aryia there,\u201d Brooke Paige, Ariya\u2019s mother said. \u201cHer lips were purple. Her body felt rubbery, she was wet. I immediately knew there was no hope.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2023, Aryia\u2019s babysitter left her inside a hot car in Baker County. The next year, state lawmakers passed \u2018Aryia\u2019s Act,\u2019 designating April as Hot Car Death Prevention Month in Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Brooke Paige is still seeking more tangible change. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Florida mother pushing for regulation after losing daughter in hot car death\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DBGWRHDTDFERHK3IKWQIS2V4FY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Florida mother pushing for regulation after losing daughter in hot car death(Brooke Paige)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI feel like an alarm should go off if there\u2019s a weight. I feel like there\u2019s more that can be done,\u201d Paige said. \u201cSo, yeah, in this case, I don\u2019t feel like people are taking this as serious as they should.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Firefighters say parking in the shade or cracking the window barely makes a difference and hot car deaths are some of the most horrific calls they respond to. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen we\u2019re struck or trapped in a hot vehicle, our body temperature rises very quickly. And for a child, that rises even quicker,\u201d Todd Inserra, public information officer for the Tallahassee Fire Department said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Experts recommended an outside the box solution: Put your shoe or other necessary items in the back seat, so you have to go back there when you park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Florida\u2019s legislative session begins again in the spring of 2027 where hot car related death bills could be part of discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 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