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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.% V7 h3 _' b" r# _8 b; F- A
现在孩子生死不明.( o. V" }9 U* D2 o; D1 P
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.2 j i7 w& Y. I5 E5 `: J& P7 w) m
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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) o% O1 k' ?" W6 G- QConst. 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. L: D2 S7 T6 G2 @5 S
& ]1 V6 L5 X& X( R4 jVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.1 X& q9 d; q6 U: s
3 u; B0 ~/ o" v2 o. F( l"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.", w8 X$ q, T2 ~& F; X- \0 K1 x
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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.
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" R) n3 E) V6 ~Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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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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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.( p1 e1 b1 H) E. M# v
: w0 ^9 A- x! \" B5 [6 v3 hLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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