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在星期二晚上的车祸里,一个18个月的孩子的脊骨部位严重受伤,警察正在调查他是否正确的坐在他的儿童车座上. 如果他没有的话, 他的父母可能会被控诉.
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Edmonton police are investigating whether an 18-month-old boy who suffered severe spinal injuries in a car crash Tuesday night was secured properly in his child car seat.+ ]9 _2 [, ]/ \' ?7 f
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Const. Tim Eggert of Edmonton police said charges could be laid if the child — whose parents were taken to hospital with minor injuries —wasn't properly belted in.+ x$ S9 n& B) G# Q# e% f' H4 \
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly." G, f0 u2 x: b8 g6 o" a2 L+ x
5 G+ z* X$ o: p: O7 g& \9 `' S"It is the parent's responsibility to secure the child and secure the seat in there," he said. "There is a charge for both of those, as is with an adult when you are not wearing your seatbelt or not wearing your seatbelt correctly."
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The boy was in a compact car that was broadsided by another car at 79th Street and 83rd Avenue. It is unclear if he will survive.3 j0 U2 f$ x0 ]1 b) K/ p
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Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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' Y8 ^- E. W/ J/ U# Y. {9 IEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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