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(Act. May 6, 2020 3:37 pm)
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The police stopped the young runaway.
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Utah police have stopped a five-year-old driver on a freeway trying to drive to California in his parents’ car.
The boy said he had previously argued with his mother about not wanting to buy him a Lamborghini sports car, the Utah freeway police said on Twitter. “He decided to take the car and go to California to buy one there himself. He may have been short of money because he only had $ 3 in his wallet.” The cheapest Lamborghinis cost around $ 200,000.
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Video of the jaunt
The police said on Tuesday (local time) that it was estimated that the boy had come three to five kilometers. Policeman Rick Morgan was actually behind a car that was driving too fast when he saw another car that had trouble keeping on track. He then decided to let the speedster get away and stop the other driver.
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5-year-old wants to buy Lamborghini
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Police stop 5-year-olds – he wanted to buy a Lambo © APA
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A shot of the police car’s dash cam shows the boy changing lanes uncertainly and finally stopping after the siren sounds. The police said that Morgan initially assumed that the driver had a medical problem or was under the influence of alcohol. The policeman approached the stopped vehicle from behind and wondered why he could not see the driver’s head through the rear window.
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“How old are you?”
Morgan had finally found that a young child was the driver and sole occupant of the car. It was a five-year-old. The shot of the dash cam captured how the policeman said, “How old are you? You are five years old? Wow.” And further: “Where did you learn to drive a car?” Morgan told local broadcaster KSL that the boy was sitting on the edge of the driver’s seat to reach the foot pedals. The child’s parents said they had never driven a car.
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The boy had told him that he was on the way to his sister in California. After his arrival, he wanted to buy a Lamborghini. He was under the supervision of an older sibling when he set out. “He grabbed the keys and was gone.” Police noted that the boy turned south from the family home in Ogden onto Interstate-15 – “the right way to California”.
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A police spokesman told KSL that the son’s jaunt could have legal consequences for the parents. They were very happy that nobody was harmed. But that does not mean that human lives were not endangered. Parents should make sure that their car keys are not easily accessible to children.
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