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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.) l8 R/ |3 e- e {
现在孩子生死不明.9 L7 v" H. z! j1 r# P
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.4 D) [8 g( y c' E9 C5 `0 L; L& q6 k3 A
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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. W: f# d" ~ D8 L( @1 ?) \( L8 |Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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+ t$ b6 Z0 U; C) |/ D. Z"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."& p; N: K' z& e- u% e: r
1 s: H; K; _% }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.+ o% w! A/ `5 q h! G- U
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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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% n6 E; S5 ~- O9 `* d; sLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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