Special Report: Preventing infant deaths

BAKERSFIELD, CA - The death of two babies over the weekend, an eight month old in Taft and a two month old in Shafter, once again brings to light the all too common issue of infant death in Kern County.

Sudden Unexplained Infant Death accounts for the majority of deaths of local children under one year old.

The coroner's office reported at least nine babies died last year of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, or SUID. There are ten other baby death investigations where the cause of de