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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.+ Q2 ?1 O; s+ G" ]9 F* ?
现在孩子生死不明.
! J* n8 j) J4 k5 W' E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./ W2 m# k" H' \% H5 Q2 Y* _
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.; D) g* F( N: @
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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.+ t! v* o" y* f* }
. Z" i! I# t/ \( x% E"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."1 a. H0 M9 k$ \9 K. d" Q
- ?) ^# B$ T2 m/ W6 [: pThe 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. s! ^& w* g8 |8 L0 c K
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries." ?( H+ W# V T+ h: [
* Y: }7 }6 B1 g& ZPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.# \5 I4 @& W0 g8 G% N
' X6 t8 ~8 U" G; z+ vEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.+ H3 a, u) O4 E1 F! K
$ C- ?6 v( W9 h) J! e. ELast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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