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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.- W% f5 J0 V; U; P; z
现在孩子生死不明.
& J% z8 O1 Q% B# ~0 X m( C0 o- 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.
( Q4 A1 h7 |( F- |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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( x; \' M. R& `3 y8 dConst. 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 V$ v' S9 v6 i- r! [* S& AVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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; h2 }' C8 c8 x' S5 |; ~5 |0 n"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."$ b) G$ A8 \( ?$ D" f6 P5 w5 x1 G4 S
) ~% }( v) i$ JThe 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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.& r; q- m, i9 s! |" f
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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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5 C) g) H" _; i$ l x- K' fEdmonton 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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