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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.# o' l: Q% X: v6 t7 |
现在孩子生死不明.
6 X4 B q+ \" H9 v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.
- ^9 @( j- b2 s. UEdmonton 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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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.* ?$ ]$ [% j" E l9 P) O; W
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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."
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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.
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$ m) E/ S1 u2 i" L6 tTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.* ]4 W5 a! T$ o+ D: S
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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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8 r( P( V- ^# r& F4 rEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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# y4 p- \# @1 H& R7 D) |/ \Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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