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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' x3 |/ E8 h; L# V现在孩子生死不明.
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, Y g5 j2 d3 e8 @8 R0 \5 C2 OEdmonton 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.5 `' U1 M. G( Y& U- F& d
E( Y- c* u2 O6 ^: X/ _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.8 p6 V& q4 j4 d" R% f6 M
: n# p3 y+ T% }5 s: _. @Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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, O$ p, B& e" u. d"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."3 L* N. ~4 Z# G2 k# j
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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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.. o4 b" v r# _, T" t
C$ R& Z8 T4 v' v0 MPolice 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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" j. |9 x) h* Z8 E1 r9 p- I2 ELast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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