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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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) }* O5 e' W: ]0 [) }. u他们的车里另外的孩子没有受伤, 撞他们的车也没有人受伤.
' l8 C3 X+ y5 V6 sEdmonton 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.
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1 b' f1 \* Z% y2 v- Y5 \8 \$ z3 NConst. 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.
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+ r: f, W! ]- P. |( S+ FVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly." f6 p8 p" {! _0 ~3 `- e7 X
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"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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% Z' `6 m3 }/ P9 _2 }, @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.# M3 C) u! Q" ]& s# I9 t
" |8 L I8 K) X0 O6 ]( X1 b) jTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.' d% ]0 e7 ^" \4 y
( a7 t; F, g( n( z- {Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.5 l) c2 M, T6 I4 K% N
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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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# z- _/ [) r' M2 h0 FLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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