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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.; X: b7 q; N2 [/ w
现在孩子生死不明.( \6 B: B+ w2 c! g9 u' z
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.
. f. B: ]' F2 h" s# Z& s) bEdmonton 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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; P r+ \5 d3 l) z. gConst. 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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& u; A% J; p3 z" J ^5 I"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."& C, n/ }( u$ g2 K/ f
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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.' `$ [! |# o0 x' I
: P/ G. v+ D y0 Z/ kTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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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.! w0 g6 \8 A1 _6 G% r' U& T. f5 y
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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.+ h+ r2 }- @" H4 v9 c: \
5 z$ X) x( `. n& QLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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