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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.. t: ? n! |$ V& R3 S: e: z7 s9 j
现在孩子生死不明.
) u- D! u# W! v! x: }: ?7 A% y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.
! _/ _" v& F# T; P4 \6 sEdmonton 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.3 }6 I7 h/ G- p8 y5 J
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Various surveys have found that up to 90 per cent of child safety seats are installed incorrectly.* i4 Y* J- {& X" i
% h' S: _: a# R0 `"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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4 u' l7 b. k; 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.% B+ l* f. g/ y6 X6 D
' i6 w8 I- g, x/ M# L. |- KTwo other children in the same car were uninjured. No one in the second vehicle sustained any injuries.
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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.* g# n/ T8 q/ I8 V# ~2 |3 G9 t
' v# U: R8 x, p3 r3 E4 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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$ N% @8 I! f8 I5 C+ f9 ]5 a, ZLast year, they inspected 73 car seats and found 59 per cent weren't being used correctly. |
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