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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.; G' e' C% h% K! L/ P6 J& C3 I
现在孩子生死不明.7 q0 [9 B; M& \; F1 C
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.
) G F& n# {) ?; s1 R1 N8 p' Z$ jEdmonton 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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/ c+ e) q5 k$ w; [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.$ f, @1 f' I2 `2 I) u) x( s
5 ~* {3 c) i0 ^' S( OVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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; e& g! Q) w3 \4 u/ F Y2 ?"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.6 f4 z; f: g4 q3 p' R
" \7 |3 F1 n- VTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.; h1 K1 z j) s: x a9 H% Q, 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." Y3 {9 C2 `$ M. O# u) H
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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.6 C# @& p& m4 ?1 v- I9 t6 P
7 X; j- a' A& |, w3 J: p6 M$ N qLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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