Sussex boy, aged five, crashes parents' car

This comes from the BBC website. I have just one question – why were the parents’ keeping the car keys where the kid could get at them?

Karen

Now some things you hold on to - and some you just let go
Seems like the ones that you can't have
Are the ones that you want most

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A five-year-old Sussex boy took his parents' car for a drive before crashing it into a wall.

Sussex Police said the youngster managed to drive the automatic Mitsubishi Shogun about four miles on roads east of Chichester.

Officers were alerted at 0700 GMT by a man who reported seeing a small boy at the wheel of the vehicle. His father also contacted police minutes later.

The boy was found unharmed in the vehicle in Pook Lane, Lavant.

Other damage

Police subsequently received reports of three other vehicles which were damaged by the Shogun, two of which were parked.

This was a remarkable incident and both the boy and other road-users clearly had a lucky escape


Pc Mark Ryan,
Sussex Police

Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle being driven slowly, but erratically, early on Thursday.

Drivers told police they had seen the car on a short stretch of the A27 between Tangmere and the junction with A285.

Officers believe the car then turned up the A285 to Halnaker before heading to Lavant where it eventually crashed.

A driver who had seen the accident stayed with the boy and waited for the emergency services to arrive.

The youngster was taken to St Richards Hospital for a check-up before being reunited with his family.

Pc Mark Ryan of Sussex Police Road Policing Unit said: "This was a remarkable incident and both the boy and other road-users clearly had a lucky escape, as a serious collision could have happened at any stage".