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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.
, k5 B2 q1 S! q' R, 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.) _ z! a4 j# p8 K+ ^3 n! w
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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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' B- R$ t2 _& m4 k" @Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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& o) T; H* p* b' [5 B+ [2 f"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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* [7 @9 Z. B6 h: V+ cTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.: L" M8 N/ j3 P. \2 d: H
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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.$ e* ]# L7 s, ~! n o
$ \( Q9 I/ @( _% g5 O1 HEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.9 c5 M/ V$ A' @0 u1 P7 }' l5 i
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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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