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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.
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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.8 F, S3 }2 F" L* e0 B
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.! o" \. {6 T" M o5 X, w! f! _" y' J
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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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# N5 G' a- E% d8 P7 }4 t& qVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.9 t; H" w2 {$ c) N
+ }6 q; C, e% C$ w"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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' V) w2 @/ z- `4 v) b/ xThe 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.1 {8 ^' s2 V0 J+ i2 r9 ~' `+ P
+ J1 m% Q) i% s9 ~Police say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.9 P% k( ^ X( p: _
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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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Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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