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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.
2 s( ^( o0 t+ O6 n现在孩子生死不明.
5 f/ A% @; v# q+ d3 d5 l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.& A0 n* X/ x" q2 D
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.$ Q' S) Y% b; E% ~
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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./ [/ l, U3 d4 y( G( n8 I$ z
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.0 p. w( p( i+ q8 F
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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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4 E: `* \: t$ yThe 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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* G% X4 q1 k( a" _Two 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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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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. N4 a: I- ]$ M# J: g- Y; D rLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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