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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.$ i H$ ^" S, r4 X% o" C- x
现在孩子生死不明.3 k: c8 N4 r E+ n3 X7 h( o: U! m
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.
9 g# X2 u ~1 BEdmonton 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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, v. y$ ~. u- N, S+ E4 \. sConst. 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! S! K. W+ n+ u8 S
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.$ N6 D8 q( T1 O6 g) P
# t9 @2 p7 C* D5 ]9 k, g. Y"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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8 Y9 J0 S9 t6 M- j* I FThe 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 w% [ E( H0 X9 o* T3 E
4 v: K$ [& Z& F: o; vTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.5 b! N# ]) ]+ I/ x* L0 T/ b
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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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- ~) U% C4 k) n& t. aEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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8 a5 H9 c' H; A( _Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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