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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.- m1 J/ ]$ S @( n
现在孩子生死不明.# T5 V3 ?5 o: v: {
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.
( m( l. g2 `7 L/ v/ |# q1 \# _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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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.
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly., X1 Y7 o* E* \- q3 A' E/ n
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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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% S( \8 Y- k6 _& Y/ Y0 iThe 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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2 W2 I9 d2 ^! J, Z1 _+ APolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation./ m6 u$ m3 f) h3 l! B) {7 G
9 _/ M( X w/ A9 [, U, 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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, `% |! N& f/ w) p! x! g, @$ MLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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