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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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8 j5 e& p1 q3 f, ~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 N0 Q+ s3 F# o! \6 gEdmonton 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.8 {: W7 X" k2 F, v; M! F }7 g$ w
7 P/ H8 K0 i8 F% f/ ]. @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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9 M. d7 z& l0 _ f% }5 B3 Z( VVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.+ V1 v5 \6 C/ z% `: f6 y* _0 h
& g a0 ?2 R( \4 v6 N, ^( E"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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9 j5 m: |; J- [+ ~+ ]( DThe 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.: y) {& h3 s5 E. c: l7 p
3 V7 {: h7 ]) E' V0 D/ jTwo 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.# P) ~/ F: E) O# u% e4 a6 K
9 S* D) k% z& C8 x' s% j) ]* jEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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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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