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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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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.
% {+ ?; B; P2 b& CEdmonton 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.. @7 h, R! a3 {% ^+ H Z `9 C Q
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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.
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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+ |9 ~; n0 p1 v; p"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."( Z) L3 i8 G1 O- {3 { h
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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.2 `6 t. I- j L$ _5 `) q# ~& b
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.3 x( {9 A6 m5 L$ R8 R8 R/ J
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6 O6 E( k+ n6 Y6 }' V* i4 y9 YEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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2 c" a. e/ ]' O3 {: {Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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