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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. H- l5 j! M) U
现在孩子生死不明.
3 g- D5 `( F/ ^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 [9 z+ |2 @4 Z6 z6 w: f5 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.+ {% ]' y, R" a3 R. J& B
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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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3 l& Z- |0 t7 T& [( g- V* dVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.# G0 d) M& J3 P- B6 R6 A
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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."1 X7 U) I% X) Z+ p8 v) M2 r
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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.
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Two other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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* A+ [. U/ n5 \4 D- l/ o" X4 ZPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.
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0 T4 @6 V' S% R2 ]Edmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.1 k b0 |8 E: X& F0 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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