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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.
: q- F, a( Y( }, 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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. W% z# c0 n4 q5 c2 jConst. 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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1 p4 m! H9 r* c; E' J) S/ y$ A5 B"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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1 }! K) I1 W! K/ N" mThe 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.7 P A7 H$ [) M! r* G+ W
/ B1 g$ W( B1 XTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.& @3 x6 i; N( f3 w, S, v3 M) e' f
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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.
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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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2 ~# ]% E9 N, jLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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