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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.
5 H" q) Q+ A: h现在孩子生死不明.
; X! [( _# x6 R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.
# t) [8 V* K6 Q* C. V7 pEdmonton 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.8 \, _+ o' B$ N% ]0 N
, \5 V& }' W% x7 M4 }2 yConst. 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.* y5 c* z O; z% T' `
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.9 d3 `, i+ b* J$ i6 E8 J3 D3 M* }; N
: t* W8 y* t1 L6 ^; h"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."3 e, f* b+ q) m' l, @# g$ t2 C9 I
- I9 n* L+ _4 u5 TThe 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.6 F$ Y8 J3 m. P5 R8 ^! d) Z4 C ~
0 e+ ~' R' |! y% J' |& O+ aTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries., y7 b# S/ I: u% \, ^# ^
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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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Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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