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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.
! L+ P# B4 @6 _现在孩子生死不明.
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' j# V( q# X1 R2 }% }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.
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/ i/ N- I8 s! F: cConst. 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.' f P* u1 Y1 k$ }/ l
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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.
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: G: o, q3 c# Z/ f# N5 ^Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.: x& n! f7 G4 O8 m' O8 D
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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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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.% g( ]0 j! o Z3 g
. \& ~# V( U: @Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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