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How Hot Does a Closed Car Get in the Summer Sun? See For Yourself

Many people don't realize the dangers posed to children and pets left in a car on a hot day.

With two recent instances of people leaving a pet and a child in a hot car, Twinsburg and Solon Patch Local Editor Mitch Cooper thought he'd see what that's like. 

In Beachwood a woman was cited for leaving her dog in a hot caron Tuesday. 

And on Saturday July 13, a woman was arrested for leaving her 11-month-old child in a hot car alone. 

Cooper braved 30 minutes in a hot car Friday when the outside temperature was in the 90s. He did it wearing a sweatshirt to appreciate what it's like to be a child or a pet in a hot car.

How hot do you think it got? 

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