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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.# _ b* L0 O1 `
现在孩子生死不明.
5 R+ [8 g: d I' M% T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.
3 D$ Q7 ?4 a7 K% ~. Z" Z1 PEdmonton 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.' i: G. o0 u+ Q
" ~5 H0 _1 _9 ?! f, 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.* h. ]2 D ?" R z) h# ^2 D
8 L s1 \" {: h% X7 YVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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5 l2 m/ y: f! ^' n7 `"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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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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# E* C% H+ S2 b% D8 I- _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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# R W/ R) u# i6 j, a# S+ f; {Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.* h- `! [; s- T* j7 E1 }, @3 E1 L& B
) j8 z7 b) d: U$ }6 T& [6 D" A( TLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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