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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.4 g1 l4 d% b/ b" B
现在孩子生死不明.. N3 G/ ?# A' m) A; _3 R
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 k: A! n; Z" @3 j$ uEdmonton 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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" \: O, Z, Y+ s$ g3 v0 a8 WVarious 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."9 ?, P9 T3 @# x; V1 C% o
3 ]% o7 V7 v/ g( i7 u) B7 mThe 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.! L- q7 V+ X2 |0 O3 |
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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.4 g, N( @' Q1 n" d' a7 E
7 v4 R) W4 a: X7 W; M* Q2 T7 JLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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