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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.7 Z3 |6 S. i" Z% v1 p5 U
现在孩子生死不明. B2 ? X# ]1 l3 `( T1 t
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.
$ o m: w% d3 g- ]6 F9 T pEdmonton 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.1 d t9 i) d8 X+ S1 j& u& G* t
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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.& P; y; w. j. f3 }& u( F& n
0 H6 |$ A) m3 qVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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0 ]* r* X) q8 T* I$ z7 Z/ V"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.
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" E4 D7 l1 J5 uTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries., l+ I$ N8 R. d
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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." ?# B4 E$ H, K5 h7 L/ i m
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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.0 |! r; A0 A# f/ M0 T. M
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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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