 鲜花( 23)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
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.7 @' k2 P* b+ J- z: |/ u
现在孩子生死不明.
" N, ^1 p4 }* a2 m1 i: `, w. ^4 U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.
7 m2 A# X2 y% x% ~( `: j0 [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.3 L& V' n3 S9 n4 @+ j7 j8 Z! M
$ p5 c% A5 C/ e: y! X
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.7 M3 x; f3 T6 N& R0 X
' [: ?7 c8 A2 {8 y3 LVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.) f$ [- W" H* ?) h8 v9 ^0 @
|( ]) O8 e' h( W8 [
"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."8 Y& b( F9 |1 i5 W" h8 g8 s
( I8 o6 b# e/ n
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.) L8 S% c$ I0 H5 q" d: }& n
d4 Z. M3 V: n4 q ~3 X! k
Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.1 T) I, ?2 S; c' Q, z
+ h6 J$ V0 h6 }( b
Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.: j9 s8 X1 B2 t1 y
( V0 J% R( U. x* dEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
1 p5 P8 _* D" W4 h" q J
4 m; d7 j c0 R# ~5 e; QLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
|