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Utah boy, 8, takes 5-year-old sister on joyride
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(AP Photo - Ogden Police Department)
BRIAN SKOLOFF
From Associated Press
March 15, 2012 7:29 PM EDT
This undated photo released by the Ogden Police Department shows a crash site near Ogden, Utah where an 8-year-old driver took his 5-year-old sister on a drive in the middle of the night and crashed the family minivan. Nobody was hurt.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) An 8-year-old Utah boy made sure he and his 5-year-old sister buckled up before heading out on a middle-of-the-night drive in their mother's minivan, but they didn't get far.

The boy, who couldn't even see above the steering wheel, made it just a few hundred feet before crashing the vehicle into a line of trees along the Ogden River, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

No one was injured and the children were returned to a stunned mother who awoke to police officers in her apartment at about 2 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

"They had just come out of the driveway, went across both lanes, then hit those trees," said Ogden police Lt. Danielle Croyle. "It could have been much worse if they didn't have their seatbelts on. They were just too smart for their own good."

Authorities didn't identify the mother, and she did not answer her door on Thursday. No telephone number was listed for her.

Croyle said police have no previous history with the woman or her children, and neglect was not an issue. She called it an accident and said no charges were pending.

Witnesses said it was a shock.

"It was crazy," said Justine McDonald, 18, who heard the crash and ran outside with a friend to help.

"They looked a little freaked out. The kids just kept saying they were happy to be alive," McDonald said. "I said, 'Where's your mommy and daddy? Are they still in the car?' But she was at home asleep."

The young boy told Ogden police that his sister wanted to go to the store, so he grabbed the keys and headed out with his mother asleep in another room.

Several witnesses called 911 to report the crash.

"This kid wasn't even tall enough to see above the steering wheel," said neighbor Holly Maxwell, who also ran across the street to help. "They were worried their mother was going to be mad at them."

The 25-year-old said she held the little girl's hand and walked with police back to their apartment, along with McDonald.

An officer knocked repeatedly on the woman's door, then walked in, McDonald said.

"He called her name like four or five times," she said.

The woman eventually walked out from a back room.

"Did you know your kids took a joyride in your car?" McDonald said the officer asked the mother. "She just rubbed her head."

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.




-- Edited by Uke on Saturday 17th of March 2012 12:42:03 AM

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MIR for sure. Thinkin' the 8yr old watches NASCAR on the Tube
a lot.

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Say Krink, what kinda fisch izzat?

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I never thought you would ask but...its an Asian Sheepshead Wrasse.
Saw the thing on a NatGeo Wild show.

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Sister just said "Let's go ta the srore. For beese." Lil' bro heard 'beer' though... Off they go! Fortunately mom taught 'em about seatbelts, and always set the example well.

Except for running inta trees.

That wrasse looks like Jay Leno.



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Uke wrote:
The young boy told Ogden police that his sister wanted to go to the store, so he grabbed the keys and headed out with his mother asleep in another room.

 Beer run!



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The car was in third gear.

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the1 main problem. Third gear.

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Uke wrote:
Utah. It's always Utah!

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