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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! F S, ?6 B: p
现在孩子生死不明.
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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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1 `9 k6 N* \: e+ ^" M( ?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. z B$ `0 R1 I3 N: o
5 ^; ^7 ?( i: Y% o8 d1 lVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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. R3 i. C+ I5 G0 S+ E* _"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. ^4 Y$ e {; z! X
1 s' X; D9 W5 {" S" aTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.8 b9 L# v. f5 L9 C+ R6 _( L- G
; d/ |) e- `9 R2 \3 k1 j9 {8 UPolice 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; O; J3 g# Q9 bEdmonton 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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