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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.2 W4 R# \: x: J$ |$ f
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.
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3 U3 X- z( l7 ?4 c/ H) J; V/ gConst. 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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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.
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2 B7 i i6 B+ }" I$ G: Z% {: F: H$ h"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."" a& X7 K0 }+ d0 }9 O0 j
* i' e, t A2 k! Y* KThe 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., p& ?6 R" r5 ^1 O; T
9 b( I8 f4 f) T9 P7 ^' N7 lTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.. J4 t0 ^- V) H( b. |, t0 p6 e6 I
O: w5 r5 G$ @* 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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# { y) \1 s, t( R9 P9 f3 l/ JEdmonton police, Capital Health and the Optimist Club hosted a free child restraint safety inspection clinic Wednesday at West Division station.
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' S# M9 a+ T1 b) t' w/ @Last year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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