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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.: W8 K3 M' B" @: ^; m) o" L
现在孩子生死不明., b6 q4 x7 c$ 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.& J% N. K) b* s8 T
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.! A! K: M; O4 \/ X$ D& B/ X3 ?8 ~9 g
7 V+ V: o( K3 p' 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.
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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 r' o$ J7 A3 z! {5 V3 B; O; V1 R"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."! E1 V) v: e, x2 c' P3 ?: U. T
/ G: Y2 l9 n( c0 v! [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.( T/ _, x/ S9 e! O# L1 r+ R
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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4 f0 [7 r) e: U5 DPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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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.
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' p) m; O s0 F3 Z. U9 i# u% ALast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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