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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.
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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.
+ d8 A% Y3 h+ A% J4 jEdmonton 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.9 o; V0 }9 C/ M) v8 w8 N
( E" }0 F! j: c* AConst. 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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& K* k1 i r6 u, {2 {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."
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S# m( y& }* i: F' i* cThe 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.- T. g% f6 u. j4 x! n
* H! d2 {- D- S0 L& z3 STwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.! ?% W# d3 Y) T$ H3 g
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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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& v1 o& _0 M0 s, wEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.7 `" K3 }" Y$ m! N1 g$ ~
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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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