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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.; }3 S' f+ m3 e
现在孩子生死不明.% `' t6 Z4 T5 g
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.
- }4 t" T; ~+ v, c" c: aEdmonton 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." W; H& s7 ~, c, {' q4 N7 |( w% v
( ~2 Q5 x6 r- {$ k5 [; OConst. 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.8 \5 a9 w1 T3 [: h
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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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1 d: E) S) T9 p"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."( M3 x" e0 w2 G
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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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) x! s0 O: V% @* L$ ^0 S# i# i( ?) j: yTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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/ _" F1 q5 e, B8 }. kPolice 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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Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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