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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.. x) E9 o! o9 l+ A1 N% H
现在孩子生死不明.; l1 K, U% B9 ^5 A8 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.9 p7 x+ c9 j9 X" ?* u
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.
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! H/ ?/ h) j# m' [+ ~" ]! @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.- k/ e d8 V- i+ v
" S2 z7 Y; U9 Q: c& m' p" zVarious 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."
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|+ w4 O: k/ }2 a% b$ Z T' ~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.
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$ y i H% i3 \7 E$ q; s: dTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.! d( G) ?2 w6 y: X4 ~) A! _
7 ?" c6 \% v- D9 qPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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% S D* h: C2 d7 yEdmonton 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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