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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.
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" _/ p `5 d. H: k) Q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.( w% _5 h% W' C# {* m* i! [8 \/ p
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. n2 o9 j0 x5 ^7 S# ~- X
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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.
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6 `( ?2 l6 M uVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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0 a X& L3 U! B4 ?, k, u; _: K"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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( V( A _6 I: ~; i2 g6 \: CThe 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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) R3 O, |7 V9 u* }Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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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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+ ?- h5 Z3 _) g& w& _. g6 E6 B, [Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.7 N# y' N6 I7 S: T$ F
$ P" T& i8 Z4 c# p# ZLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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