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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 E6 H& y) l p现在孩子生死不明.
0 ^. z/ C, E' D& O" Y3 X' e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.
. K. K- q) D6 I& U9 Q1 U% T: AEdmonton 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.$ H& i* g1 n. P' ]3 T8 f/ k
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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.* d3 \* a9 b% F" J" ~4 O
* H& t5 m$ o& Q' GVarious 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.9 t) _3 C4 f* e
: w3 X0 J i" \; L' i" |; ?Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.. } {& S( D8 V& j, D. ~" g, l0 I
2 B5 G; S. S9 K) J" h. O2 MPolice 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.) O3 a% V/ i! z3 }6 o
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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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