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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." | Z! f h9 W
现在孩子生死不明.
# Y- o. i# \1 B5 b1 q: u( d! c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.
8 D$ `1 h. _( D$ b' P( K+ wEdmonton 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.; H) n+ d* ]2 B
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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.$ m5 j& z% E/ C% b B
1 C8 e/ J! G2 p9 L% _Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly./ o( x( y. v" I8 R5 `: w
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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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, M4 A1 O" [4 P. Z+ g2 k" r( xThe 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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.* i% }3 Q6 ]# l& I! g
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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.( }. _7 t# A( C$ Y. D1 p0 ]3 p
& D; e/ A w, q+ kEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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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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