Special Report: Safe Sleeping

BAKERSFIELD, CA - It's only April, but already this year seven Kern County infants, ranging in age from 13 days to four months, have died. A Channel 17 examination of coroner’s records found 21 very young children died in Kern last year. Most didn't die of sickness or in traffic accidents or by violence. Most deaths were associated with unsafe sleeping.
Two infant deaths were ruled accidental, one by asphyxia and one by strangulation. Another death was caused by a car crash, another by a