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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.
! z* ~3 v. q4 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.; X9 f$ E& w i, A; [) y: s
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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.& s2 N- {: k2 D, ^" z) r
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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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! d5 M: N0 j) p/ k7 Z* }4 W" R: F"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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.( R4 \8 u. h9 X B9 a- N4 r
$ }9 ^3 i7 {& W# f" q: c% p8 LPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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5 x+ K/ p9 t/ o% }& e$ S3 p. eEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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, K* U7 A$ d% f# L" |Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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