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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.6 h4 t1 T9 _, B+ J E- B
现在孩子生死不明.1 L$ A/ A; G7 R% Q- k( a
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.
% P" x; {$ j6 q& F9 |- z( y) tEdmonton 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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& A' F/ Q' B- ^2 |8 D. {! R }9 oConst. 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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$ h5 U6 m, t( n, a1 r+ _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.% \" G2 e( X& c
" h+ ~6 \+ [3 L& m; t3 i/ E, t& ^# x; LTwo 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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Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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8 R( @* K/ n/ n6 _; H' L( _: z) H- MLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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