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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./ A6 g# f: F) @+ G
现在孩子生死不明.
s+ ?: w2 }0 h4 K2 ~- L6 Y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.
! `+ k1 p7 y1 u5 j/ K7 Y6 ZEdmonton 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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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.. Z9 R& |9 ]+ o7 u
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly./ a- d i5 s4 t* C4 l/ ]' z
0 M7 b7 S$ ?2 K2 I w, p4 P3 X" B3 r"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."" m1 F; R4 A7 S0 {
8 |$ o7 d( b5 e1 x' b+ a [2 `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- r1 d1 _6 r, L* L, ^
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.+ H8 w8 E; |! o
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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 i" B3 Y6 p; n/ N2 `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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?7 o( L( H$ \1 I7 r6 \4 DLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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