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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.$ C# G" h$ b! n' O3 T* P6 s z- q
现在孩子生死不明.. g2 f$ f' u" t! k
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.
5 w3 B" D V( iEdmonton 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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) Z# ?7 J( `- B+ A8 EConst. 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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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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. B8 Q7 X0 ?% p" o9 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 G6 o3 [. z; z
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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. O& D8 @+ @0 a4 P
$ G$ g0 A( ]! F# T3 X/ d' ITwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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5 S: f, Z" ^/ hPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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. s- o, I; M4 V6 T3 IEdmonton 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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