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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.- t$ n, G2 H+ F
现在孩子生死不明.0 W% s' o4 I( i
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.
3 Z. e% P& B4 QEdmonton 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.2 |" ^& ?# ~( n. ^1 U' W
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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.; _$ v# d) T: G2 Y- m" `
" L' u2 K: `# o4 g) I X, V3 `& NVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.8 {. g* g! {5 z& o5 w/ T5 B
2 f' X/ J) f& C& B$ L' X) w+ 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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) e/ r9 E2 R: w: A6 N3 J: aThe 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.2 G1 K( F0 ~, w5 @+ N) A
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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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" Y& f4 N3 z7 e6 ?# X9 ]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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' r$ L8 [7 n, @+ `Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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