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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.+ w' L7 ~" p2 c) b1 D3 l
现在孩子生死不明.2 x, J4 W+ k) m: {* k8 @
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.( A) K" v, s3 P1 ]0 M4 Z$ S) O. h
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.
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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., A# c4 I; Q2 d( A; W4 n
6 f0 Z" \0 c1 e0 f$ @" ^8 @: r' ?"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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) N9 c- z2 _( y& fThe 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.8 d! o, Y6 d+ W- c+ V/ }7 }
+ ?& P b& {2 o; tTwo 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.
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# @- v) b+ G/ p( }" qEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.; X" G+ H+ ] \, U5 w G
* y# ?& b) X' j* E. o# P/ }Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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