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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., K# W1 b- u0 p: @* u( N
现在孩子生死不明.6 j: w: t# u% a
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.
: g" i; | s! b/ R- q, xEdmonton 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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# n; r/ R3 t Z- {" ^3 Q, ^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./ ~* }& a7 _; M1 n U
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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! R$ y; l* Q" B9 z9 k+ [- a"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."% v9 |& G# {6 o; o* O# t
/ \# o5 f J/ }+ P$ g+ E' wThe 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.$ m0 P( X [. a
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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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w4 E1 e3 W. r5 y% h* bEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.' j( y/ I7 M, T
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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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