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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.
6 e$ H# j. z+ \* B& O现在孩子生死不明.
* q4 H' q; p$ i9 x4 a$ S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.# |, J9 \* e4 g- D, V' _
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.; n& q5 D( b2 u) ^3 y
7 p; w/ k- X/ w" C" \% l% YConst. 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.) J* H2 Q* e8 @7 F9 A) b3 ]' \" h: e
3 G, u# Y- F. p* o+ t, rVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.: G7 {! g% Y* C6 b Y: }$ i5 _
* }* K2 R, m& W"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."1 g, f, H5 s1 A5 P
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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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.( V# ~% H/ I9 t0 N/ D
$ @* }, b# i: p+ [) p& X2 j5 QPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.) U& g2 o% w/ b
/ a4 a7 Z* S/ F }- p& S) q/ zEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.! {/ B: m+ f4 z0 q# a
5 \7 W% s1 L D' U; z DLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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