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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.
7 U( }0 F) c! F- i现在孩子生死不明.7 E. H3 d' P/ B5 m9 c7 M
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 Y. v1 ]2 L8 W2 rEdmonton 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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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.- P$ W# a* {# O$ n' V3 v) a
6 k' C7 L# z- I* DVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.; c; n, u X: {1 g1 G
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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."/ I/ [% m6 F2 `8 V: Z$ ^) J
' a' [) o, O6 V! a3 LThe 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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: z& h! r9 ~$ y% E( ^$ n# _8 b3 f/ STwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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2 z0 R6 a: P# M2 b2 k0 RPolice say speed may have been a factor in the collision, but it could take weeks to wrap up the investigation.6 a+ g; X* \2 i4 O4 ?1 }
/ Y3 C, g- I, z: yEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.) W0 p/ F: E& S( x7 B/ N
% m( m9 f+ I: R: wLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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