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Police: Driver charged for having two-year-old child seated on a case of beer

Police are reminding drivers to always follow child safety laws after a 22-year-old man was charged when he had his child seated on a case of beer.

Perth County OPP say they stopped a sedan on Perth Road 30 in Atwood around 2:30 Tuesday morning and say officers saw a small child seated on a 30-can, case of beer.

They say the driver was using the case of beer as a substitution for the two-year-old child’s booster seat.

The driver from Wellington North was charged with failing to ensure toddler properly secured, a proper child seat was brought to the scene and Family and Children’s Services was called.

Police say any child in a passenger vehicle that has not reached 8-years-old, 80 lbs or 4’9″ must be secured in some form of booster-seat or child-seat with those under 40 lbs requiring a child-seat and those under 22lbs will require a rear-facing child-seat.

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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