Local Knoxville Locksmith Offering Free Emergency Car Unlock Services for Cars with Children or Pets Locked Inside

    KNOXVILLE, TN, December 25, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In 2012, AAA reported helping 4 million people who had been locked out of their cars throughout the year. Given that a large number of drivers don't have AAA services, the actual number of people who lock themselves out of their car every year is even higher. Locksmith agencies like Knox Locksmith in Knoxville, TN, stay busy all year responding to emergency locksmith calls and helping people to get back in their cars and on the road. In some cases, the prompt services of a locksmith can save the life of a child or pet that is stuck in the car.

As tragic and hard to believe as it may be, 30 children died in 2014 of heatstroke from being left in a car unattended. In 2013 that number was 44, and while it is hoped that the number will continue to decrease, an average of 38 children have died every year since 1998 from being left in a car and getting heat stroke. From 1998 to 2013, 606 children died in total. Over half of these incidents were due to parents or caretakers simply "forgetting" the child in the car, and roughly a third of the deaths were children playing unattended in a vehicle. Another 18 percent of the children were purposefully left in the car by the adult.

Pets are also victims of this senseless and unfortunate death. There are no official statistics regarding the heatstroke deaths of pets left in cars, but estimates are over a hundred every summer. Some of these may be purposeful, some may be cases of a forgotten pets, and some are due to people locking their keys in their cars and having no way of unlocking them. Regardless of the situation, far too many pets suffer this slow, painful death every year.

Every single one of these cases is a tragic and needless death of an innocent child or animal. If you happen to lock your keys in your car while a child is inside on a hot day, you need a car unlock service as quickly as possible to avoid disaster. Knox Locksmith has recently announced their intention to offer free car unlocking services to anyone with a pet or child locked in the car. These services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and for any car owner living in or near Knoxville, TN. "Every year we hear stories of kids getting locked in cars and dying of heatstroke," says one Knox Locksmith employee. "If we have the ability to save the lives of children and pets and we don't do anything about it, well that's just criminal."

About Knox Locksmith

Knox Locksmith has been serving the local Knoxville community since 2004, and offers a wide range of automotive, commercial, and residential locksmith services. The locksmiths working for Knox are trained in several different specialties and for different situations, so that they can have at least one person able to handle every problem. In addition to their 24-hour emergency services, Knox also offers services by appointment, which include car key replacement, rekeying of homes and businesses, offering home security consultations, and more. More information about the company is available on their website.

Contact
Knox Locksmith
9111 Cross Park Drive
Bldg D -- Suite 200
Knoxville, TN 37923
865-408-7594
www.knoxlocksmith.com

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