Posted on 04/12/2017 4:46:03 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
It wasn’t a Big Mac attack, but a craving for the ‘Golden Arches’ that ended with a little boy taking his young sister for a ride in his dad’s van.
It happened Sunday in Columbiana County.
East Palestine police officer Jacob Koehler told FOX 8 News it happened Sunday evening around 8. The child’s father had worked all day and went to bed early. Their mother was on the couch with the kids, when she fell asleep.
That is when the children decided to leave
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This is the new wrinkle:
" ...the little boy, who told him he had learned to drive by watching YouTube videos."
This story is shocking to me...first..how did he reach pedals..and how did he manage a big van through traffic
But I did sort of laugh picturing the escapade
All that for a cheeseburger? Guess they couldn’t handle a Big Mac!
It’s OH? Did Mom fall asleep, or overdose?
Usually one kid observes and operates the upper controls while the other is on the floor working the pedals at the direction of the (usually older) kid above.
Smart kid!
I wish more kids today showed this kind of initiative!
Except sister is 4 years old. Wonder if he concocted some stick method.
I’ve learned how do do stuff from watching You Tube. Repaired a hole in my wall caused by water damage. Looks pretty good, too.
Columbiana? My neck of the woods!
I’d head for Handel’s ice cream
I say ‘good’, the kid’s a self starter
I was younger than 8 when I drove my uncle’s Comet through our garage.
Mom said I was standing up on the seat with both hands on the steering wheel yelling, “Get the hell out of the fast lane!”
A friend of mine drove his father home when he was only 8 years old. The father was too drunk to drive.
Yup.
6-way seats can cover a large range human sizes and an 8 yr old could be fairly big compared to a "little old lady".
The other stories I've read have the older kid in the 5-6 yr old range; hence the need for a "team effort".
Heroin, and this is a nice area of Ohio
The kid needs to be punished......for eating ANY
McDonalds burger.
Laughed out loud at your story
My nearest neighbor has twin boys, aged 9. They drive the tractor, the 4-wheeler, the pick-up, the zero-turn riding mower, the skid steer...
Of course, they’re on their own property and not on city streets. Farm kids grow up fast, but this kid is giving them a run for their money! :)
My oldest did this when she was about six when she wanted to go the local fair a few miles down the road. Had her younger siblings buckled into their car seats (safety first). Had her piggy bank (to pay for rides). Had my wife’s purse (b/c when you leave the house, you have to take the purse, right?). She had apparently been asking my wife questions about how to start the van and how to drive it a day or two earlier. I guess she couldn’t get it out of “park.”
My wife freaked out; I couldn’t help but admire the plotting.
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