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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.* o l0 c# n# i% Y9 f; X( ^
现在孩子生死不明.
) v0 F1 z2 i; F$ e- u; k! 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.
1 `- Z# _7 C g0 ~# c/ c# CEdmonton 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.- F' o D9 ] h
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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.; S, ]9 Q; r) x9 u+ X. W/ _
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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"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."/ }! d( q' {! ]+ E; g7 s, d+ K
/ m$ |9 h8 j8 q2 R1 |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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+ P. f/ S7 `$ o3 S/ I7 k/ E4 [4 bTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.! G2 a) z" p( ?& u! [: A' X1 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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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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6 r" t. k9 x T3 F/ k3 u4 sLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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