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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.) c' x3 x: h8 k+ V9 B9 ^
现在孩子生死不明.
1 C9 P( W+ J( }; ?7 m) d8 k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.
! u7 W' ~* Z7 F3 iEdmonton 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.7 v4 Q3 ~$ m1 f) A% D0 C
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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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% t: f9 L5 `/ L1 k+ PVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.# K. o# L4 _4 e
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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."# ]2 _) Z* D5 M
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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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. \# G0 m- u& f! u8 }$ ^0 JTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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t" l+ p1 L; C6 E* GPolice 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.+ ^: L3 ~; \0 R6 C
) I7 d7 @' H) A# @Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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