 鲜花( 23)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
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.
" d- o0 k5 L# F U$ q1 Q6 h, c现在孩子生死不明.; f6 h3 J6 `- o2 S
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.
8 h% q/ k# P4 QEdmonton 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.0 ]' C) |- D+ l: T* J
: ~$ k5 R4 C: y( Y _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.
$ H9 U( u; l7 v: [
9 h6 R4 D H; S7 MVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
. l( k9 v6 \5 Z% U! ~5 n* i! K5 O! a, y& h% P3 s
"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."
* o0 j1 n( E5 c/ }( q5 m4 b/ Z' `- P# w) ^, s. {/ M
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.1 l) S: G' e$ ?
; h1 Y/ P7 Q) P) ]) Z: L( P. z
Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
) O7 q: Z% h ]9 _! A/ p; W% o1 _0 P) I1 x! z' t2 q6 J5 S
Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
0 S! b J; f5 Z* i( W. m8 [. o! Z1 h1 W/ ^' Y4 H
Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.6 W: x, D: e) i# R4 S5 R+ W
$ [7 ~. @* H2 D- a& S& B }* h# uLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
|