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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.# v. j- x8 |/ C* u4 W& b, _
现在孩子生死不明.
6 z5 W( l6 z7 X: j% V9 l7 f' 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.
6 X. Y2 `! s0 i+ y2 [* b) BEdmonton 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.5 m. e# u# ?0 r* C
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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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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.# {: }, Y3 B# S) l" o# U. z
6 s3 Z# y n! j5 X"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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( l2 H: Y9 l1 TThe 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.) c( X J9 Q2 p
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.8 V, I& A) r% @& x
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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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9 ?# j; F& |( Q4 ?* oEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.( S- l7 P5 |% G$ L. O
) {% c4 ^0 \, N( ]: aLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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