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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., K5 x2 O0 H& ~3 U
现在孩子生死不明.
) F2 D& m$ T/ b% n) d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.
& h+ d3 A3 P' x- e- G! r* x; Q6 K; BEdmonton 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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6 ~- g" [2 S8 f3 i, U4 |, @+ XConst. 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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6 |6 \, ?. G2 Z$ |( _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."+ ~& ? J2 {) ?8 Y9 J
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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.( k: ]! r0 X- _$ P$ F' u) p, |2 m: ^" ?
l$ s$ p* s5 V" Y8 cTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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2 x+ N I' f1 APolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.8 H6 {7 h; U+ n8 P" A$ }9 a0 ?5 k
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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.$ Q& d' }, Y& S; T
7 _+ O2 X. z$ w$ P5 YLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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