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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.1 n4 z: K1 R% G# p7 t. _
现在孩子生死不明.
* Z+ p1 q! B0 E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.& b+ l: w' w( R3 N a+ q: U: ?
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.! ?, L. Y& d. b9 R7 x3 t- o
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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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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.; Z8 a9 o! A( |* l+ W/ s' G
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"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."/ ^; t, K: x7 u' h. R6 _3 T
* b) F% ?. b! W0 {- Z7 d) rThe 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./ V5 Q$ y! u9 l4 ~9 X3 G. Y" S" ~
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.& ]7 d3 ^' p0 ~: I
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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.0 W: V( B" W2 x v. b7 E
# G' z1 V A o$ {Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.: v7 N- L) N1 e5 X- [3 n0 I$ e
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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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