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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 P- h' O0 o/ P: C0 V
现在孩子生死不明.
3 A5 q- z w; c9 C3 h; P' X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.
$ x6 z9 t4 C- s1 P' 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.1 w+ x5 O% S: v& u: w
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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.% s9 z* K' |3 X' T2 C
- B9 S; v( x3 X, H" }8 R9 p( q9 P"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." I# n9 K% ^6 z/ D
+ y* J* U. A( Y+ m, I, bThe 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.* R) C! w% J4 e
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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.; w/ E/ F: A* F3 d8 E1 D/ B
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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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0 T. n) _4 L% r5 c5 uLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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