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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.
' i: }/ R( `# y' o; T1 p! IEdmonton 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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% h0 V5 Q- m- ~6 V( LConst. 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.' d/ V# g) @0 r4 Z/ W. g& ?" @
1 n z. n& Q$ K/ XVarious surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly., F+ I K0 P9 N' A" N5 \% @* W5 ?
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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.". B/ d1 y% @0 b! S8 c" u
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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.5 x/ e9 U2 H0 k% p) G+ F- A4 w9 r
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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.5 G) \2 b6 ~! P( j
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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.$ _/ E: c+ n; ^$ f9 O1 n* q
6 I/ @' ^! ?8 m6 }1 |2 {! iLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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