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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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6 N+ K7 b2 Z2 T 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." L3 K- ]9 ?, x0 I0 H8 b) X
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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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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8 y& R& Q5 g9 @( I$ H( r- t! ?0 _Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.3 @+ _& r6 J$ _+ i: M+ `
9 A0 d0 M" a2 }: e+ |# u3 }/ }) s2 D"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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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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) l& _2 ~! v- ^, p& k' wTwo 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.) H- b3 I! i& O; Y
5 V( }: e, u* _Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.% T* n9 U$ m. m* ?2 C
* Q& J+ l' X, O7 g- o8 X+ xLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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