Deputy Robin Regan’s heart rate rose drastically and he began to suffer from heat stroke after less than 30 minutes. He said the effects would be even worse for a child or a pet.
A sheriff's department in Georgia is trying to raise awareness about heat stroke deaths by filming the scary effects that sitting in a hot car had on one of their deputies.
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office / Via Facebook: ForsythCountySO
The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office posted the six-minute video of Deputy Robin Regan on its Facebook page last week, and it has since been viewed over 3 million times.
Regan told BuzzFeed News that they had the idea to make the video after multiple hot car deaths in their county this year. "We wanted to do something that was very visual so that people would really, really get the point," he said.
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office / Via Facebook: ForsythCountySO
The deputy spent about 25 minutes total in the car with the windows rolled up. When he first got in, it was about 96 degrees. He immediately started sweating.
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office / Via Facebook: ForsythCountySO