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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.7 Z+ r; e0 s5 h! |4 T8 A7 R
现在孩子生死不明.
n4 J4 l y4 z8 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.
3 z8 c0 S7 u# Z Q8 E( ^5 eEdmonton 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.
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: R' J6 J; ^- h' Y6 s8 ?! J$ G+ 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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4 F% `2 H2 p2 wThe 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., [ F* q5 Y t; f$ q0 a( n6 p. j
9 U$ n+ d3 a ^& g7 hTwo 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.' B8 u% C1 O0 n" r
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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.$ i( O4 h, \6 n. R+ n
1 V- D0 f3 ]5 zLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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