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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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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.
# Y: |9 q( R3 P- jEdmonton 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.9 P7 _3 z. y& o& ~! {! i& `! K
* W' M5 @) l% U% h4 NConst. 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 a' a- K$ T' c5 `( {Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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"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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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.$ m; e/ h1 r6 {$ j
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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$ p" F& G8 \+ J4 b/ ]6 {/ \Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.7 ?& X4 ?; ^" B/ E9 C
) N+ |' N, z1 b4 J* a' ~. {Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.! u7 R4 d% P/ t* Z& k/ L
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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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