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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.. |- r+ M4 M* E+ T7 a1 {/ P8 s7 Q
现在孩子生死不明.- B; L) U& P* ~( i$ P
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.( A7 x8 a; X0 v0 o4 F
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.' j( ?: ?& H7 |9 Q' r, a* `
4 r3 y3 D5 u# `6 N0 W$ hConst. 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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"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."# W7 d5 k( P$ k0 o7 R
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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.# ~! B3 N$ k& w7 T
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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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0 }6 D0 `3 Z" f vEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station., S& a8 x: n3 U3 v. {
8 ^) j8 R! G5 i8 q4 ILast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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