Warning: Cars left in the sun can 'kill people' within 1 hour
A new study has found that a hot car left outside can be fatal if someone is trapped inside for an hour.
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In fact, when left in the sun, the temperature inside the car can reach over 70 degrees Celsius, hot enough to cook an egg.
Many people think that parking in the shade will keep the car from getting hot, but in reality the temperature inside the car can still reach nearly 50 degrees Celsius in an hour.
In their study, researchers from Arizona State University (USA) looked at how different types of cars heated up on hot days when exposed to different amounts of light and shade for different periods of time.
Researchers also looked at how a two-year-old child would suffer heatstroke left inside a hot car.
Over the past 18 years, between 30 and 60 children a year in the US have died from parents leaving them in hot cars.
According to the Mayo Clinic (USA), heatstroke occurs when the human body temperature rises to 40 degrees Celsius and when reaching a high temperature such as 41 degrees Celsius, it can lead to damage to organs in the body or even death./.