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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.! }" ? m( p2 @6 W
现在孩子生死不明.
P3 D# |9 O- H. O2 S4 {* V( M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.) ]* W0 U9 X, Q0 ~: j
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.
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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.7 ]; C- `0 L% c0 @9 D
' o# P8 A# A) }, j"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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9 {4 j8 T0 t/ |" KThe 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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.3 C& h q3 ~/ B: x1 [0 ]1 F
" [' o4 C8 b& @5 ^1 W \8 h+ @Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.( X& r( @, g0 P0 Q
# R' v: {9 _9 o; T8 ZEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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6 }' c# q Z; V2 XLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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