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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.& Z: k) B8 A2 x8 h/ O3 G
现在孩子生死不明.3 p% m n, |) W1 H
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.
: H1 y2 Q9 n( }6 e, 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.
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0 S- A# @2 q- tConst. 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.; n1 D" A; D) J- y7 B
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.5 m/ Q: I& g* f& ?
/ W1 | u* x6 ^3 A1 Y"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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0 [) ]3 T' _7 L3 AThe 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.* E4 A+ R" R y/ u4 ~# U
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries." b0 N+ {$ k5 t# s
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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.9 e6 d8 |: o+ G0 y+ j1 P( H
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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.( A" c. U, n9 N( v
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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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