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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.
) D* A$ `. D7 _现在孩子生死不明.
% K0 v( j$ k3 [" i2 O$ k) \ 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.0 H; N M+ k, L: w' C! g
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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; _% l; z& P( d. Q8 u9 {( R2 zConst. 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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2 M0 s8 L' L% W( q5 Z3 lVarious 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."
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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. m/ H8 \ X1 L. C1 U( d
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Two 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.
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6 x0 ]' A, ^$ n F/ E* m8 v% NEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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7 ?+ l' q2 `+ o4 T" ZLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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